Penn seeks to foster an environment where all students, faculty, and staff can fully engage in the academic and social experience, free from harassment, intimidation, and threat of harm. We strongly condemn all forms of online harassment. Such behavior is counter to Penn’s commitment to creating an inclusive community that upholds our fundamental values of academic freedom, open expression, and productive exchange of perspectives and ideas. For Penn Carey Law community members who believe they are experiencing online harassment, the resources below are available, including how to submit an online harassment report:
What is Doxing?: When private identifying information that is not otherwise publicly available is published online. This information can include sharing an individual’s private email, personal phone number, home address, etc. on various platforms in an attempt to frighten the individual and encourage additional harassment.
What is Cyber Bullying?: The willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.
What is Trolling?: Occurs when individuals deliberately follow and provoke others online, often with offensive content. While most trolling is merely a nuisance, occasionally trolling attacks can escalate to threats or to the point where numerous individuals are engaged in harassing the target and/or target’s organization.
