The mother was ordered to pay R$13,000 for her daughter’s cyberbullying; see details

Student’s mother was punished will pay compensation of R$ 13,000 for the cyberbullying perpetrated by his daughter. The case took place in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul.

The decision stipulating the payment of financial compensation to the victim due to the moral damage caused by cyberbullying was announced by the 2nd Civil Court of Santa Maria. The victim was 10 years old at the time.

The defendant’s daughter and the victim were in the same class at school. The bullying took the form of the girl’s image in a derogatory manner.

Later, the victim’s family filed a lawsuit for damages against the author of the publication. He claimed that the publication had become a source of jokes among colleagues and a source of concern among parents. According to them, bullying incidents were repeated over and over again..

The incident caused the family to change the girl they wanted and begin psychological treatment.

In his defense, the defendant claimed that the photo was a joke made by his daughter and that he did not intend to bully her. But the result; Compensation of R$ 8,000 was awarded to the victim and R$ 5,000 to the parents.

Cyberbullying is a crime

Judge Claudia Maria Hardt, rapporteur of the decision, referred to Federal Law No. 13,185/2015, which defines cyberbullying as the act of “systematically intimidating one or more persons, individually or in groups, by means of physical or psychological violence, deliberately and deliberately.” repetitive without apparent motivation”.

“It is clear that the appellant (the author) suffered the direct effects of digital bullying, including that, following the posts, his parents transferred him to another school and began psychological treatment,” the judge said.

In his speech, the judge also touched upon the articles of the Child and Adolescent Law emphasizing that “protecting the dignity of children and adolescents is everyone’s duty.”