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Cyberfriends is a local anti-bullying

organization that has taken the
charge of educating all fifth on the
island about the dangers of bullying
CyberFriends
and in particular, cyber bullying.
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STOP CYBERBULLYING

www.cyberfriends.org

Phone: 601.201.0000
Fax: 601.201.0001
E-mail: helpdesk@cyberfriends.org

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 CyberFriends
P uerto Rico General Educa-
tion Council Act of 1999,” amends Sec-
tion 16- Evaluation of schools - The li-
censing and accreditation process must
include a verification of the schools bully-
ing laws, cyberbullying is not specifically
included in the definition of bullying.
In 2008 “The Organic Act of the Depart-
ment of Education of Puerto Rico”
amended Section 3.08, 3.08a, 3.08b,
3.08c, 3.08d, and 3.08e of Chapter III of
Act No. 149 of 1999- requires school
boards to adopt comprehensive bullying
policies. It is unclear if cyberbullying is
included in the bullying definitions.
P.R. Laws Ann. Tit. 33, § 4013- Defines
stalking and intimidation, cyberbullying is
included.
P.R. Laws Ann. Tit. 33, §
4014- Delinquent conduct
statute that criminally
penalizes stalking and in-
timidation, cyberbullying is
included.
On The Island
One of the discoveries was
As for laws concerning cyber bullying, Edu-
ardo Bhatia, minority whip of the Puerto Rican
Parliament presented a bill in May 2013, roughly
that for the past year, there called “The Law for the Prevention and Manage-
were around 240,000 Cyber ment of Cyberbullying”, the bill basically calls for
Bullying related searches the punishment of “any unwanted communica-
stemming from Puerto Rico.
tions done electronically with the intent to har-
ass or harm someone”. If proven, this offence is
Puerto Rico already released a law against Bullying
and harassment but without mention of cyber bully- punishable by three years of imprisonment.
ing. As for school bullying, schools that receive fed-
eral funding are required by federal law to address
discrimination on a number of different personal
characteristics.
In a more recent piece of news on Cyber Bullying in
2013, a local man was arrested for allegedly sending a
threatening tweet from Puerto Rico. According to
news sites, Joseph Morales was taken into custody by
the FBI on a charge of cyberbullying.
STOP CYBERBULLYING
www.cyberfriends.org
Phone: 601.201.0000
Fax: 601.201.0001
E-mail: helpdesk@cyberfriends.org