You may want to seek help if:

  • someone continues contacting you after you have asked them to stop;
  • they create new accounts after being blocked;
  • they contact your friends, family or colleagues;
  • they seem to know where you are unexpectedly;
  • they monitor your online activity;
  • they threaten to attend your home, work or University;
  • they threaten you or somebody close to you;
  • they threaten to share private or intimate material;
  • they use several different platforms to contact you;
  • the frequency or seriousness of the behaviour is increasing.

These patterns may indicate that the issue is moving beyond isolated online harassment into stalking, coercion or another serious safeguarding concern.

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