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Cyberbully (2015 film)

Cyber bully
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Genre Thriller
Screenplay by Ben Chanan
David Lobatto
Directed by Ben Chanan
Starring Maisie Williams
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Leah Cooper
Cinematography Ben Moulden
Running time 62 minutes
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release
  • 15 January 2015 (2015-01-15) (UK)

Cyberbully is a British television film that premiered on Channel 4 on 15 January 2015. The docu-drama thriller stars Maisie Williams as a typical teenage girl who lives her life out online, and is ostensibly accused of cyberbullying by an anonymous culprit. The film was written by Ben Chanan and David Lobatto, with Chanan also directing the feature.

This television film was released on DVD on 8 February 2016.

The film takes place entirely in the bedroom of Casey Jacobs and happens in real time.

One evening, Casey is Skyping with her best friend, Megan, when she learns that her ex-boyfriend, Nathan, has posted a cruel comment on Twitter about Casey's use of anti-depressants. Megan confides in their friend, Alex, and suggests that he hack Nathan's account as revenge, but he declines. After Casey and Megan end their chat, Casey suddenly receives an instant message, ostensibly from Alex, who provides her with a hacked link to Nathan's Twitter account. Casey clicks on the link and posts an embarrassing tweet about Nathan's erectile dysfunction. However, after she deduces that the type of language the messenger is using is not the sort the real Alex would use, she realises that the messenger is an anonymous hacker. The hacker describes themselves as a "fan", and shows Casey a series of videos of her previous activity across the internet, most of it under her online pseudonym "Chronic Youth", before pointing out that Megan hasn't included a photo of Casey on her Instagram account for a long time. Finally they reveal that they are a vigilante who helps "victims of cyberbullying". Suddenly frightened, Casey excuses herself from the chat, but after seemingly complying, the hacker activates a screamer on her computer, catching her off guard, takes control of the webcam and starts to communicate to Casey in a computer-generated voice. They then reveal a series of nude photographs that Casey took of herself, and threatens to post them online if either she leaves the room, her father (who repeatedly calls up to her and knocks on her door) enters, or she answers any phone calls, effectively leaving her trapped and isolated. To Casey's horror, the hacker then uploads a video that she and Megan filmed revealing the homosexuality of their friend, Tamara, on Casey's Twitter account, effectively outing her, and provoking a series of angry texts from Tamara. When Casey demands to know how the hacker's actions are helping her, the hacker scoffs and reveals that it is Casey who is the cyber bully.


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