Frank Abagnale Quotes

There is no easy way to get around horrible people on the Internet, and it's either just leave it or don't and get sucked into the whirlwind of it all.

I think the Internet has given rise to voices that want to attack others.

Online abuse has been a problem since the earliest days of the web.

The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on. Just because you're not at school doesn't mean kids aren't harassing you on the computer.

Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

Before the Internet, bullying ended when you withdrew from whatever environment you were in. But now, the bullying dynamic is harder to contain and harder to ignore.

I definitely hope women know that abuse/harassment/blackmail on social media is also a crime, and the police definitely help.

There are people I've blocked for a long time who will still respond to every single person that replies positively to me on Twitter. I have quite a few cyber-stalkers like that.

When I was in high school, I got bullied through social media - on the Internet, on my Facebook. That was hard for me, and I think social media has made it easy for people to bully other people on-line because they can just post anything they want anonymously.

Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem.

There's a lot of talk about people being abused on Twitter, women being savagely insulted and degraded. I think, 'Why get into that in the first place?' If I jump into a garbage bin, I can't complain that I've got rubbish all over me.

I never knew before getting involved with these investigations that so much of this activity was going on. I mean, obviously there are chat rooms, social networking sites, and it occurs. I just didn't ever think it occurred at this level.

I have countless fake accounts on social media sending me hate and it's hard to discern how many people are actually involved.

Unfortunately there are some not-so-nice people using social media, and that has proven to be complicated for other actors that I've known.

I was actually cyberstalked twice.

Unfortunately, I have the equivalent of 7 PhDs in harassment on Twitter. As one of the primary targets of Gamergate, I've had hundreds and hundreds of threats to my life on Twitter's platform.

It's the Internet. I'm sure many people know that it's one of the toughest places to be if you're sensitive.

A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it's not a real issue - that it's 'only' online - or that it's limited to someone saying they don't like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say 'online harassment.'

I've never had a crazy online relationship that's left me vulnerable and embarrassed and humiliated.

I am being savagely bullied online.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of abuse and negativity online.

You don't need to go far to see the hatred and abuse that happens online. Even using social media is anti-social because people are always on their phones.

Don't get me wrong: I love social websites like Facebook and Twitter, but I think it creates way too many opportunities for young people to bully.

Stop threatening to kill people on Twitter because you don't like what they are saying!

You should see some of the things people tweet me. There have been death wishes on my Twitter timeline.