Cyberbullying Gains Momentum in US

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 28, 2007 @07:58AM from the water-off-of-a-duck's-back dept.

interglossa writes "Findings from the Pew Internet Project are being reported on the BBC news web site, indicating a rising incidence of cyberbullying among teenagers in the United States. The study showed a slightly higher incidence among those visiting social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Tactics cited include being 'the victim of an aggressive email, IM or text message' and 'having a rumor spread about them online'. While the concept of cyberbully has been around in the US for a while, most coverage of the issue has focused on more extreme examples abroad. It would seem young people in the US are fully adapting to the anonymity of online interactions."

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MOD ME UP! by Timesprout · 2007-06-28 08:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Or I'll kick seven shades of crap out of every moderator in here!!!!

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Re:Lines need to br drawn. by jshriverWVU · 2007-06-28 08:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Funny my first post was marked troll, but a reworded followup was marked +5