Digital bullying must be stopped and schools must lead the effort. The Guardian said it best this week: “bullying has a new digital face – it’s about time our schools recognized it.” Schools have always been hotbeds of bullying. Over 2.1 million school children are bullies and they have 2.7 million victims, according to ThinkProgess.org.… Continue reading Digital Bullying Must Be Stopped in Schools
Cyberbullying has struck the United Kingdom twice in a week. Just after United Kingdom parents digested Hannah Smith’s tragic suicide, they now have to handle the suicide of Scottish teenager Daniel Perry, who took his own life after suffering skype blackmail. Perry apparently committed suicide after blackmailers recorded his skype conversations with an individual who… Continue reading Daniel Perry Cyberbullying Suicide Shakes the United Kingdom
Cyber-bullies have the power to end lives. That is what teenager Hannah Smith’s tragic suicide, coming after intense, often anonymous bullying on the website Ask.fm, teaches us about one of the great digital dangers we face as a society. The United Kingdom is still reeling from Smith’s suicide, its people working to process not just… Continue reading Hannah Smith’s Death After Bullying on Ask.fm Forces Society to Confront Cyberbullying
The world has seen a recent spate of cyber-bullying suicides and it is drawing new attention to one of the worst consequences of digital expansion. The question is: what will parents and educators do about it? In May, Gabrielle Molina sadly took her own life in Queens after suffering bullying at school and at… Continue reading Canada’s Shocking Rehtaeh Parsons Case Reminds Parents of Cyberbullying Dangers
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