{"id":18907,"date":"2017-11-16T18:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T18:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=18907"},"modified":"2017-11-16T18:33:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T18:33:31","slug":"prince-william-launches-stop-speak-support-campaign-to-combat-cyberbullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/prince-william-launches-stop-speak-support-campaign-to-combat-cyberbullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William launches &#8216;Stop Speak Support&#8217; campaign to combat cyberbullying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/the-duke-of-cambridge\">Duke of Cambridge<\/a> has launched\u00a0a campaign to fight back against cyberbullying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stopspeaksupport.com\/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiZeF7KDD1wIViT4bCh0QaAfoEAAYASAAEgKqqPD_BwE\">&#8216;Stop, Speak, Support&#8217;,<\/a>\u00a0is the world&#8217;s first youth-led, online code of conduct. It aims to offer young people with something to turn to if the &#8216;banter goes bad&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stop Speak Support\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RGcLa-vyxVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>17 year-old Felix Alexander took his life after struggling with the impact of cyberbullying,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/14507740.Hundreds_attend_funeral_of_Felix_Alexander_at_Worcester_church\/\">last year.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prince William began work on the &#8216;Stop, Speak, Support&#8217; campaign after hearing of Felix&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of the campaign is to\u00a0encourage social media users to differentiate between online banter and scenarios that would feel them uncomfortable in real life.<\/p>\n<p>Charities and celebrities have taken to Twitter to show their support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.4px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/11\/Screen-shot-2017-11-16-at-16.49.05-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19087 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/11\/Screen-shot-2017-11-16-at-16.49.05-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/11\/Screen-shot-2017-11-16-at-16.55.50.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19088 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/11\/Screen-shot-2017-11-16-at-16.55.50.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Social media platforms Facebook and Snapchat are working alongside the campaign to provide users with direct access to the code should things turn sour.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies like Google and EE have also taken part in the project.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, urging\u00a0young people to take responsibility for their online actions is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk\/anti-bullying-week\">Anti-Bulling Week.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BbjZIKPAY-Z\/?hl=en&#038;taken-by=stopspeaksupport<\/p>\n<p><em>The Duke of Cambridge with Felix&#8217;s mum, Lucy Alexander and cyberbulling victim Chloe Hine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalfoundation.com\/our-work\/cyberbullying\/\">here<\/a> for the full code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Words: Katherine Docherty Subbing: Olivia Herring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke of Cambridge has launched\u00a0a campaign to fight back against cyberbullying. &#8216;Stop, Speak, Support&#8217;,\u00a0is the world&#8217;s first youth-led, online code of conduct. 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