大人のネットいじめに対する対策の現状と課題

抄録

Cyber-bullying is a serious problem in the Internet. The number of troubles by verbal abuse, libels using the Bulletin Board System or e-mail, is on the increase. Against this problem, there have been the two principal countermeasures in Japan; content-control software and education regarding the morals and use of the Internet at an elementary school, a junior high school, or a high school. However, cyber-bullying occurs not only to minors but also to adults. In such cases, the countermeasures are not effective. Therefore, in this paper we survey the countermeasures and discuss problems when they are applied to the cyber-bullying of adults.