The authors of the article based on a review of scientific sources, documents of international organizations, and legislation conducted a comparative analysis of different approaches to the definition of cyberbullying. According to the authors, cyberbullying is individual or group actions of aggression or violence against the individual, harassment using information technology, e-mail, messengers, chats, social networks, websites, mobile phones in order to humiliate, intimidate or cause moral harm. In contrast to traditional bullying, in cyberbullying the advantage of physical strength and higher social status becomes unimportant, while the uneven distribution of technological power increases, time and space constraints disappear, and the emotional threshold of social reactions reduces. Pupils and students are the first to be at risk of being victims of aggression on the Internet. Based on a review of foreign sources, strategies for minimizing and overcoming the negative consequences of cyberbullying at various levels — individual, organizational, institutional and systemic (legal and moral norms) — are considered. According to the authors, cyberbullying is a component of the broader concept of cyberviolence, which includes both proactive and reactive aggressiveness. Based on the data of the research “Prevention of violence against women in online resources during the elections in Ukraine”, it was found that the use of various forms of online violence against women in Ukraine is a common and destructive factor that has a very negative impact on their participation in political life. In this context cyberbullying is based upon historically determined socio-cultural stereotypes, as well as prejudices and myths about the social roles and opportunities of women to participate in civic and political life.

Based on historical, legal, and sociological research conducted within a research project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine titled "Improvement of human capital development: a factor in increasing the mobilisation potential of Ukraine", theoretical and methodological principles for improving the mobilisation potential of Ukraine through human capital formation mechanisms are substantiated in this paper. An overview of the main approaches to the recruitment of armies in the context of historical evolution is conducted, and a list of actual and potential threats to a reduction of Ukraine's mobilisation potential is updated. Factors of motivation and demotivation influencing the participation or otherwise of Ukrainian youth in military mobilisation are defined. Optimal legal models for military mobilisation in a democratic constitutional state are also proposed. A general strategy whereby the policy of formation of patriotism through education and media for the actualisation of the mobilisation potential of Ukraine may be realised is also outlined. The article aims to develop conceptual bases for improving the mobilisation potential of Ukraine based on optimising the mechanisms of human capital formation. It also aims to enhance the mobilisation potential of Ukraine as a system-forming factor in ensuring the state's defence capabilities.