Internet Gives Teenage Bullies Weapons to Wound From Afar
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For teenagers, online harassment has become a part of everyday life, but many schools and parents have only just become aware of it.
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CAMAS, Wash. -- Police and school officials in the Camas district are using a computer program to teach students about Internet predators and the online dangers of kidnapping, sex abuse and child pornography.
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Cellphone cameras and text messages, social networking Web sites, e-mail and instant messaging, all give teenagers a wider range of ways to play tricks on one another.
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Teenagers who might have looked upon some harassment as teasing in years past now find they don't have to put up with it.
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By Net Savvy Mum  DEAR Editor,  THE dangers of allowing teenagers unlimited access to the Internet was highlighted in your report about the 16-year-old girl who ran away from home with her on-line friend.
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A 15-year-old girl who had been bullied by another teen was fatally stabbed by a group armed with stun guns and knives, authorities, witnesses and her family said. Four people were arrested, including a 17-year-old girl.
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Schools and parents get new guidance aimed at stopping pupils using mobile phones and the internet to bully others.
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By Fergus Sheppard media correspondent  IT IS the secret language of the internet that paedophiles exploit to groom children under the noses of their parents.
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Dark clouds are gathering over the local blogosphere. First there were "splog" attacks, pieces of spam left in the comments area of local blogs. That was kids' stuff. Now it appears that at least two blogs in the western suburbs have become victims of a new, scarier menace: blogjacking.
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By ANGELA DOWDEN  THE days when bullying was restricted to the playground or the journey home from school are long gone.   As bullies become more technically advanced, they are increasingly using emails and text messages to taunt their victims.
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Schoolchildren will be shown how to stay safe online as part of a national campaign backed by the government.
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By Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Dec. 8--Parents might want to pick up the phone instead of e-mailing  Susie's teacher about that late homework.   A nationwide surge in holiday junk e-mail means many legitimate messages  to Kentucky schools are getting held up in cyberspace.
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Growing numbers of children say they carry knives and bottles as a defence against bullies, a report states.
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Â· Website pictures return to haunt beauty queen  Â· Case raises questions over teenage internet privacy
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As kids keep getting plugged into the Internet, toy makers are following them online.
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Nearly a third of online teens say they have been harassed on the Internet, with girls and participants of social-networking sites more likely to be targets, a study finds.
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By Jim DeBrosse Staff Writer  For parents losing the war against children who spend too much time in front of TVs, video games and computers, there are high- tech weapons available to fight back.