Resources

Immediate Help

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number: 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
• National Suicide Prevention Chat: http://crisischat.org or http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
• Crisis Text Line phone number: text "SAFE", "HOME", or "START" to 741-741
• Crisis Text Line website: http://www.crisistextline.org/
• USA Emergency police, ambulance, or firefighter phone number: 9-1-1
• Victim Connect Helpline phone number: 855-4-VICTIM (855-484-2846)
• Find a crisis helpline in your country: http://www.befrienders.org/need-to-talk or http://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/
• The United States Department of Justice. Report Computer, Internet-Related, or Intellectual Property Crime: http://www.justice.gov/criminal-ccips/reporting-computer-internet-related-or-intellectual-property-crime

Online Safety Tools

• Wireshark: http://www.wireshark.org/, to monitor home network traffic
• GetLinkInfo.com: http://getlinkinfo.com/, to check suspicious links
• Google's Web Search Troubleshooter: http://support.google.com/websearch/troubleshooter/3111061?hl=en, to remove personal information like nude photos and credit card information from Google search results
• Google's Outdated Content Remover: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals, to remove deleted and altered pages with outdated cache information from Google search and image results

Suicide Prevention

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
• The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: http://www.afsp.org
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center: http://www.sprc.org
• American Association of Suicidology: http://www.suicidology.org/
• The Jed Foundation: http://www.jedfoundation.org/

Mental Health

• Find a mental health provider: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov or http://mentalhealthamerica.net/finding-help
• Mental Health First Aid: www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs
• ULifeline: http://www.ulifeline.org/
• Half of Us (LGBTQ): http://www.halfofus.com/
• The Trevor Project (LGBTQ): http://www.thetrevorproject.org/
• Stop Bullying: http://www.stopbullying.gov

Further Resources

• National Center for Victims of Crime (Stalking): https://victimsofcrime.org/stalking-resource-center/
• National Association of School Psychologists: http://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTip Report: https://cybertip.org/ or Call 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
• The Humane Society of the United States Report Animal Cruelty: https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/report-animal-cruelty
• ASPCA Report Animal Cruelty: https://www.aspca.org/take-action/report-animal-cruelty

References

• Amanda Todd suicide: RCMP repeatedly told of blackmailer's attempts. (2013, November 15). CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/amanda-todd-suicide-rcmp-repeatedly-told-of-blackmailer-s-attempts-1.2427097
• Clark, D. (2015, January 15). How to protect your online reputation. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorieclark/2015/01/15/how-to-protect-your-online-reputation
• Dascalescu, A. (2018, January 3). Doxxing can ruin your life. Here’s how (you can avoid it). Heimdal Security. Retrieved from http://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/doxxing/
• Ferland, C. (2018, December 19). How to report internet harassment. Legal Beagle. Retrieved from http://legalbeagle.com/6664782-report-internet-harassment.html
• [FREE LGBTQPIA]. (2016, September 13). Kiwi Farms, the web’s biggest community of stalkers. Retrieved from http://freelgbtqpia.tumblr.com/post/150351805056/kiwi-farms-the-webs-biggest-community-of
• Henderson, C. (2017, December 30). Los Angeles man arrested after 'swatting' call led to innocent man's death in Kansas. AZCentral. Retrieved from http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2017/12/30/z-tyler-barriss-los-angeles-man-arrested-connection-swatting-call-led-deadly-police-shooting-kansas/992265001/
• Katzowitz, J. (2018, June 25). Transgender game developer who’d been bullied online dies by suicide. The Daily Dot. Retrieved from http://www.dailydot.com/irl/chloe-sagal-suicide-cyberbullying-harassment/
• Notopoulos, K. (2016, March 28). How the internet failed Jessi Slaughter. Buzzfeed News. Retrieved from http://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/how-the-internet-failed-jessi-slaughter
• Nuccitelli, M. (n.d.). Cyber harassment: Internet defamation and internet trolls. iPredator. Retrieved from http://www.ipredator.co/cyber-harassment/
• Pless, M. (2016, July 19). Kiwi Farms, the world’s biggest community of stalkers. New York Magazine. Retrieved from http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/kiwi-farms-the-webs-biggest-community-of-stalkers.html
• Schweihs, P. (2017, September 21). From cyberbullying to revenge porn: How cyber harassment crimes and evidence have evolved in litigation. Above the Law. Retrieved from http://abovethelaw.com/2017/09/from-cyberbullying-to-revenge-porn-how-cyber-harassment-crimes-and-evidence-have-evolved-in-litigation/
• Steinbaugh, A. (2015, April 3). Kevin Bollaert sentenced to 18 years over revenge porn site "You Got Posted". Retrieved from http://adamsteinbaugh.com/2015/04/03/kevin-bollaert-sentenced-to-years-over-revenge-porn-site-you-got-posted/

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