Posted on November 14th, 2009 by heygrrrl
The Guardian
The theme of this year’s National Anti-Bullying-Week, which starts today, is cyber-bullying. In fact, after name calling cyber-bullying is the most common type of bullying, as a recent study for the Department for Children, Schools and Families revealed. It is an issue has to be taken seriously: 47% of 14-year-olds in the survey reported [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
LONDONG, ENGLAND — Nearly half of 14-year-olds nationwide have been the victim of bullying, research found today.
‘Cyberbullying’ – where children face taunts, threats and insults via the internet and mobile phones – is now the most common form, along with name calling, the study of 10,000 teenagers showed.
Tags: Cyber-bullying, Bullying, Research, Schools [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by heygrrrl
BBC
Nearly half of 14-year-olds in England have experienced some sort of bullying, a study of 10,000 teenagers for the government suggests.
Name calling and cyberbullying – where the victim faces threats and insults via mobile phones and the internet – were the most common forms.
Tags: Research, Bullying, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Cyber-bullying
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Posted on October 31st, 2009 by heygrrrl
Times News
Twin Fallas, Idaho — CHEERS: To the Cassia County School District for its enlightened new policy on sexual harassment and cyber-bullying.
The new rules proscribe bullying someone over sexual orientation and crack down on “sexting,” the transmission of sexually explicit messages or photos electronically – primarily between cell phones.
Students and staff at Cassia County schools [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jane Slater
Denver 7NEWS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Kevin Kaneta, 15, said walking is hard enough but school is a nightmare.
Kaneta, who was born with cerebral palsy, said he has been the target of bullying since third grade and each year, it gets worse. When asked, “Why?” Kaneta said it had to do with his disability.
“They [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jessica Bock
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A ninth grade girl in the Troy, Mo., school district has been disciplined after authorities said she created a website to bully another girl.
School officials would not comment on what kind of discipline she received, but under the district’s bullying policy it could range from loss of privileges to expulsion.
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Lucy Bannerman
London Times Online
An Italian court is to decide whether four senior Google executives should face prison, over the broadcast of a video clip showing a boy with Down’s Syndrome being bullied by his classmates.
The long-running trial, which centres around a three-minute clip showing four schoolboys making fun of the teenager and hitting him [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by heygrrrl
BY CARMEN GONZALEZ CALDWELL
SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD
Iwant to share a new program that the National Crime Prevention Council recently kicked-off, and we are very proud that our YCW will be part of this new initiative in the schools and community.
The information below was taken from an article written by Angela Sivak about the Circle [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by heygrrrl
Harvard News Service
Harvard Law School Professor John Palfrey will testify before the House subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security today regarding two pieces of legislation designed to address cyberbullying and other online safety issues for children. A live webcast of the testimony will be available beginning at 3 p.m.
Tags: Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By David Kravets
Wired
Lawmakers gave Rep. Linda Sanchez’s cyberbullying bill a cool reception
Proposed legislation demanding up to two years in prison for electronic speech meant to “coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person” was met with little enthusiasm by a House subcommittee on Wednesday.
Tags: Cyber-bullying, Anti-bullying, Bobby Scott, Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Larry Magid
CBS online
(CBS) Last year, Congress passed the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, which established the Online Safety Technology Working Group (OSTWG) a panel of 29 representatives from Internet companies, academia, non-profits and government to study and report on how to best protect kids online. In April, the U.S. Department of [...]
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Posted on September 21st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Steve Bird
The Times online
The parents of a 15-year-old public schoolgirl who jumped 30ft to her death from a road bridge blamed her suicide on the “huge pressure” and “modern complexities” of social networking websites.
Holly Grogan died last week after she fell on to a busy dual carriageway and was hit by passing traffic.
Tags: MySpace, [...]
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Posted on September 21st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Helen Carter
Guardian.co.uk
The parents of a 15-year-old public schoolgirl who jumped to her death after being bullied on Facebook have spoken of the “huge pressures” placed on young people by social networking sites.
Holly Grogan died after plunging 30ft from a road bridge near her home on to a dual carriageway, where she was hit by [...]
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Posted on September 9th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Dan Berrett
Excerpt from Pocono Record
POCONO, Penn. — Four months ago, a presentation on the personal effects of bullying left many Stroudsburg students and parents teary-eyed and deeply moved.
Tonight, that speaker is coming back to the district, and this time, everyone from the area can come hear him.
Tags: Suicide/Death, Ryan Halligan, John Halligan, Cyber-bullying
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Posted on September 8th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jared S. Hopkins
Excerpt from Times-News writer
Rep. Stephen Hartgen, R-Twin Falls, says he plans to re-introduce legislation at the 2010 Legislature targeted at prohibiting harassment on the Internet, including social networking sites.
Hartgen, a former newspaper publisher, still wants to expand harassment laws so they apply to online communication including e-mails, text messages and posted comments [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jeffrey R. Young
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Students have more ways than ever to post anonymous attacks on classmates, thanks (or rather, no thanks) to new and expanded online forums promising to be bigger and juicier than the infamous JuicyCampus, which drew fierce protests from harassed students before it shut down earlier this year.
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Posted on August 31st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Keegan Hamilton
Riverfront Times
Technically this is old news — the judge in the case said way back on July 2 that he had “tentatively” decided to overrule the LA jury’s three guilty verdicts and acquit Lori Drew on misdemeanor charges of violating MySpace’s “Terms of Service” agreement. But, as of last Friday, the judge’s ruling [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By William Croyle
Cincinnati.com
WARSAW – As John Halligan talked about the suicide of his teenage son, senior Tyler Mullins reflected on the bullying that happens here at Gallatin County High.
“I really didn’t think we had a bullying problem, but the more he talked, the more it stood out,” Tyler said.
Tags: Anti-bullying, Suicide/Death, Roxann Booth, Bullying, Gallatin [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By William Croyle
Cincinnati.com
WARSAW – As John Halligan talked about the suicide of his teenage son, senior Tyler Mullins reflected on the bullying that happens here at Gallatin County High.
“I really didn’t think we had a bullying problem, but the more he talked, the more it stood out,” Tyler said.
Tags: Ryan's Story, Cyber-bullying, Bullying, Anti-bullying, Roxann [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Kelly Combs
Examiner.com
Is your child safe on the Internet? Friday I shared some ways to protect your child on the Internet, with the number one way to be with your child while they’re on-line. Brenda Preston contacted me after that article ran.
Tags: Cyber-bullying, MySpace, Anti-bullying, Dr. Phil, SafeWave.org, Brenda Preston, iLAND5.com
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