INTRODUCTION

Your Whole Baby recognizes the importance of social media and digital platforms in our mission of gently providing education on the lifelong harms of circumcision and information on the functions and proper care of the foreskin in an effort to end infant genital cutting. However, these platforms can present opportunities for misuse in the spread of our message and for supporters of our organization to participate in communication which misrepresents us and can be viewed as cyber bullying. Your Whole Baby considers gentle and respectful communication necessary for the spread of our message.

DEFINITION

Cyber bullying is defined by stopbullying.gov as “bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. Cyber bullying includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. It can include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyber bullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal behavior.”

PROHIBITIONS

Cyber bullying by a member or follower of any Your Whole Baby digital or social media platforms (including but not limited to Facebook groups, Facebook pages, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) directed towards another with the use of our organizational name is prohibited. Use of our organizational name includes but is not limited to name or website included in content, on social media profile, etc. It includes, but is not limited to: deliberately and/or repeatedly sending mean, threatening, hostile, or harassing messages to another person, spreading rumors or lies about another person, posting pictures or information about another person without their consent, and purposely creating embarrassment of another person, all through social media or digital platforms. If Your Whole Baby is made aware that a violation of the Your Whole Baby cyber bullying policy has occurred and the violation is found to have been made, the person will be subject to loss of access to our social media and digital platforms.