{"id":4213,"date":"2017-03-31T15:18:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T15:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:06:45","slug":"stalking-information-social-media-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/safe-blog\/stalking-information-social-media-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalking Information for Social Media and Electronics Users"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jill Reyes<\/em>
\nMarch 31, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

Safe Horizon leads efforts to increase stalking awareness for teens and young adults. This includes online stalking behaviors, known as cyberstalking. Abusers can often use modern technology and social networking to intimidate and coerce their partners. To address growing concerns around cyberstalking for teens and young adults, we partnered with the Bronx Borough President\u2019s Office, Bronx District Attorney\u2019s Office, Bronx Family Justice Center, and New York City Department of Probation (DOP) to create the following stalking infographic that was supported with funding through the Department of Justice (DOJ):<\/p>\n

\"Stalking<\/p>\n

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The stalking infographic is a simple way to help teens and young adults identify controlling or negative behavior in the context of technology and social media. It proposes steps they can take if they feel that these stalking behaviors apply to their situation.<\/p>\n

Information for Stalking<\/h1>\n

While some people are stalked by strangers, most stalking is committed by someone known to the victim, such as an intimate partner or acquaintance. Stalking can get more serious over time and can happen to anyone regardless of race, culture, gender identity, age, or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

Help for Stalking<\/h1>\n

Stalking is against the law in every state, however, the crime of stalking is defined differently in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and on tribal and federal lands.<\/p>\n

If you, or a teen you know, is experiencing any of the harmful behaviors mentioned in the stalking infographic, please read or share the following infographic. You can also use and share our Tech Safety<\/a> page as a guide, visit our domestic violence page<\/a>, stalking page<\/a>, or call one of our Hotlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This stalking information for technology and social media users including teens and young adults can help identify controlling or negative behaviors in relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":{"id":4214,"alt_text":"Stalking Information for Social Media and Electronics Users","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":800,"height":585,"file":"2017\/03\/Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813.png","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813-150x150.png","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813-150x150.png"},"medium":{"file":"Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813-300x219.png","width":300,"height":219,"mime-type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813-300x219.png"},"medium_large":{"file":"Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813-768x562.png","width":768,"height":562,"mime-type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813-768x562.png"},"large":{"file":"Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-410x1024.png","width":410,"height":1024,"mime-type":"image\/png","source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-410x1024.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":4213,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Stalking-Information-for-Social-Media-and-Electronics-Users-e1491253781813.png"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2015],"tags":[485,290,483],"class_list":["post-4213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-blog","tag-cyberstalking","tag-stalking","tag-stalking-information","issue-stalking"],"acf":{"page_header_title":"","page_header_excerpt":"","page_header_image":"https:\/\/www.safehorizon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/silhouette_hero_image.png","original_url":"","related_initiative_title":"What is stalking?","related_initiative_link":"\/get-informed\/stalking-statistics-facts\/","related_initiative_link_text":"Learn the facts","featured_posts":[{"ID":3707,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2017-01-01 14:36:15","post_date_gmt":"2017-01-01 14:36:15","post_content":"By Dr. Amanda Stylianou<\/em>\r\nJanuary 1, 2017<\/em>\r\n\r\nTo raise awareness and speak about stalking, I will discuss the impact stalking has on individuals and the resources and tools available to support survivors.\r\n

Natalia\u2019s Story<\/h1>\r\n*Natalia was experiencing stalking from her son\u2019s father when she came to the Safe Horizon Bronx Family Court Program to obtain an order of protection.\r\n\r\n\u201cMy son\u2019s father he\u2019s been really aggressive\u2026He\u2019s been coming to my house, he\u2019s been having me followed. My boyfriend and I, he\u2019s been following us. He\u2019s making threats\u2026.I\u2019m being threatened and he\u2019s threatening my boyfriend and contacting my family and things like that. It\u2019s just uncalled for and I don\u2019t feel safe\u2026He has threatened to murder me\u2026He has threatened to, to also cause harm to my family if I guess we go against whatever he is trying to do\u2026He has taken my son out of state and refused to bring him back until he was ready\u2026I\u2019m a woman. I cannot protect myself against a man, you know, but so far or but so much. And it\u2019s just something I don\u2019t think I should have to worry about\u2026He makes references that, you know, like he sees me, he sees me doing this, or he sees me at this place\u2026and it\u2019s just like the only way you could be at all these places, that you know, I\u2019m here is if you\u2019re following me\u2026It\u2019s just enough is enough.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nAnd at Safe Horizon, we hear stories like Natalia\u2019s every day of the year.\r\n

Learn More About Stalking<\/h1>\r\nStalking is a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact, or any other course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Stalking can include a vast array of behaviors including:\r\n