Cyberbullying
The tort of intimidation
The tort of intimidation covers cases in which harm is inflicted on the victim when the accused intimidates the plaintiff or a third person, and the plaintiff or third person is compelled to act or refrain from acting to obey the demands of the accused. It is an inexact remedy for victims of cyberbullying, as there must be evidence of intention to coerce the person to whom the threat is addressed into doing or not doing a specified act. Simply contacting the victim, sending damaging or demeaning messages, or spreading untruths is not of itself coercion.