cyberbullying

The article examines the phenomenon of victimization of bullying from a legal point of view. The main causes, forms and consequences of bullying are analyzed, as well as legal aspects of preventing and combating this phenomenon. The author draws attention to international experience and practice of applying legislation in Ukraine, offering recommendations for improving legal mechanisms for combating bullying and protecting victims.

It was emphasized that ensuring the safety of children is one of the priority tasks of the state. Today, in the conditions of rapid digital development, new challenges and threats to the well-being of children appear, which require the search for effective tools to overcome them and provide a comprehensive approach to ensuring the safety of children in cyberspace.

The article explores the meaning of the concept of «cyberbullying», which in recent
years has become widespread in the children’s environment and is an extremely negative
phenomenon. The description of administrative and legal measures for countering
cyberbullying is given, some directions of improvement of the norms of the current legislation
in this area are outlined.