Cyberstalking & Internet stalking

#Cyberstalking

Cyber stalkers find their victims through various media, such as social networking sites, search engines, online forums, message boards, chat rooms, or via email. These cyber stalkers behave with despicable manners, such as taking over the slanderous character of the victim to harm the reputation, contacting friends and acquaintances of the victim in attempts to falsely accuse with the hope that others oppose their victim times, and/ or creating fictional accusations that have been publicly posted on various social media online. Usually associated with mental illness, a cyber stalker can choose a vicarious life by stealing identity, reacting actions, or mimicking the victim's behavior. This plagiarism occurs because the stalker compulsively monitors the victim in order to collect information - this supervision usually takes place without the knowledge of the victim. A large part, if not all, of that information is later used to satisfy the stalker's unreasonable needs. In the attempt to get information, seeks an internet stalker contact with friends and/or relatives of the victim to acquire personal information; such as photos, addresses, employment information, information about known traumatic life experiences, and other forms of private- information. While most cyber stalkers act alone, although some third parties encourage to add to the need and harassment. An Internet stalker then creates a complicated web of lies, and if the victim tries to put an end to the cruelty, these fakes are usually used to blame the victim.

The act of stalking on Facebook (also known as “Facebook stalking”) includes, but is not limited to constantly checking someone's profile page, adding utter strangers as friends to get information about your love interest, log in to your friends' accounts to information, and reading walls of people you do not know.