Kids Aren’t Safe from Cyberbullying

How are your kids safe online? 1 in 5 children aged 10-11 years old have been bullied by phone or online. This is the data that has been released by the Anti-Bullying Alliance in a small study in southeast England. The study is surprising knowing that...

5 Teens Found Guilty on Cyberbullying Charges

Five teenage girls have admitted racially abusing a girl on Facebook after one of them assaulted her outside a supermarket in Newton Abbot. The girls, who are aged between 15 and 17, pleaded guilty to harassing a girl by posting derogatory and racially aggravated comments...

Cyberbullying against Teachers Increases

Cyberbullying against teachers are on the rise. This repost has been released by the education branch of union Comisionares Obreras or the CCOO. In many cases, cyberbullying isn’t just contained on name-calling but goes to the extent that damages the image and reputation of a...

Judge Bans Teen to Use Facebook, Twitter Against Victim

A teenage girl from Aspen, Colorado has been banned from using Facebook or Twitter to talk about her alleged online victim. District Judge Gail Nichols issued the order on the teen girl, who is likely facing three criminal charges which are all related to cyberbullying....

Spread of Videotaped Assault May Send Teen to Jail

Charges are expected to be filed in courts in relation with an assault of a 17-year old student that was allegedly videotaped and shared with other students of R.G. Drage Career Technical Center. According to the Massillon police, the female victim was waiting in the...

Cyberbullying Triggers Suicide

Just this month, a 14-year old boy committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a tractor-trailer in Middleburg, Pennsylvania. He left a note saying that he was tired of being labeled a “sissy” and a “faggot” at school. This is the latest among the...

Protecting Teens from the Harms of Cyberbullying

Teenagers are getting hooked into social networking sites and social media sites. Statistics point out that more than 95% of teenagers have an email account while 97% of them make use of the internet for personal or school purposes. However, there are also related incidences...

Young Woman Jailed after Posting Death Threats on Facebook

A week after Google was ordered to disclose the identity of a blogger named “Skans in NYC” who was reportedly posting defamations against model Liskula Cohen, this became a landmark judgment in UK. An 18-year old woman was sent in young-offenders institute for three months...

Teacher Cyberbullied for a Year

It looks like cyberbullying doesn’t just happen to young people. A secondary school teacher shares her experience on how she has been abused by her pupils on a social networking site. She also wants to make these websites hosting these contents accountable, just like newspapers...

200th Internet Child Predator Nabbed

The 200th suspected internet child predator has just been arrested this week in South Carolina. The statewide task force Internet Crimes Against Children have started in their operation in 2004. The task force employs trained, tech savvy cops who disguise as vulnerable children on social...