Cyber Bullying

How Our Society Has Manifested the Bullying Epidemic

Amy Weber | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Teen Suicide, Hate, Bully, Lgbt Teen Suicides, Cyber-Bullying, Suicide, Bullying, Discrimination, Anti-Bullying, Culture News

Bullying is a multi-layered epidemic. It's like a disease that cultivates and feeds off of the bloodline of social acceptance and like-minded opinion, fueled by fear and pain so deep, it is subconscious. But where exactly does bullying originate?

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Facebook, Netiquette And The Bible

Samuel L. Adams | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Christianity, Social Media, Internet, Web Etiquette, Cyber Bullying, Religion News

Users of social networks, including people of faith, have only begun to lay ground rules for healthy interchange. Careful consideration of the stakes has not accompanied the sudden leap into a new era of social media.

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Bullying

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

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Bullying can happen in various forums and to individuals of all ages. Those without a voice, children, teenagers, the physically and mentally challenged, and the shy and timid are all vulnerable and in need of protection.

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The Bully Movement: An Interview With Lee Hirsch

Toni Nagy | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Friendship, Bully, Bullying, Lee Hirsch, Cyber-Bullying, Lee Hirsch Bully, Lee Hirsch Interview, Anti-Bullying, Entertainment News

Where Hirsch's movie is so successful is that it ignites empathy for those that have been bullied and will forever imprint in the minds of those who have seen it.

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Veracity

Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Photography, Internet Bullying, Veracity in Art, Art Pranks, Pranks in Art, Cyber Bullying, Art World Pranks, Whintey Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Arts News

A sense of humor is a good thing in life and in art, but with the advent of the internet, the proliferation of misinformation and the spreading of sometimes damaging untruths has become rampant, redundant and sometimes dangerous.

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Dharun Ravi And Tyler Clementi Timeline: Roommates In Dorm Room Spying Case

The Huffington Post | Kyle McGovern | Posted 05.22.2012

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A timeline of events could be crucial to determining if Dharun Ravi is guilty of bullying and snooping on Tyler Clementi in the so-called "Roommate We...

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Crime At U.S. Public Schools On The Decline, Report Shows

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 04.23.2012

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MIAMI — Violent crime at the nation's schools is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity. But new gov...

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Students, MySpace and the First Amendment

Lyle Denniston | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Tinker v. Des Moines School District, National School Boards Association, Cyber Bullying, Politics News

It has long appeared to be a basic legal principle that, while public school officials are the masters of their own domain, they generally do not have authority elsewhere -- unless they can show that off-campus activity directly implicates the operation of the schools.

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Confessions of a Publicist Who Woke Up

Elissa Kravetz | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Gay Bullying, The Farley Project, Cyber Bullying, Pr, School Bullying, Bullying, Public Relations, Anti-Bullying, Elissa Kravetz, Style News

I used to work 20 hour days, every day, yell at my staff, make my partners crazy, and the truth is none of it really matters. I've been seeking a greater truth and going from Barneys to Soho House just wasn't doing it.

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Are You Cyber-Smart Or Cyber-Screwed?

Matt Ivester | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Social Media, Cyber Bullying, Online Reputation, Bullying, Technology News

If you aren't sure whether you've posted something online that could ruin your real-world reputation, then you probably have. If you aren't sure whether you're raising a young cyber-bully who's ruining his own reputation while terrorizing others online, then you probably are.

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9 Out Of 10 Teeangers Witness Bullying On Facebook, Twitter

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Online Bullying, Social Media, Video, Twitter, Cyberbullying, Social Networking, Bullying, Social Media Bullying, Teen Bullying, Teen Bullies, Cyber Bullying, Facebook, School Bullying, Education News

Most teens aged 12 to 17 are now online, and most of those use social media sites, according to a new survey. The prevalence of this online community ...

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Asian-American Students Bullied More Than Those In Any Other Ethnic Group

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Bullying, Criminal Victimization, National Crime Victimization Survey, Nces, Cyber Bullying, Asian American Students, Student Criminal Victimization, School Violence, Asian Students Bullied, Student Victimization, Asian Students, Online Bullying, Video, School Crime Supplement, National Center for Educational Statistics, US Department of Justice, Asian American Students Bullied, School Bullying, Education News

For the most part, the instance of student victimization in schools has fallen since 1995, according to a new report by the National Center for Educat...

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Haunted by Bullies

Kane Hodder | Posted 01.04.2012

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All these years later, in a new world where bullying is being taken seriously and not something that "is just a part of life," I feel obligated to reach out and help others that have been hurt like me.

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Join the #StopBullying Movement!

Shira Lazar | Posted 12.27.2011

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Bullying has always been around, but it has been tragically amplified in recent years with cyberbullying. We can make a difference, but it will take many voices.

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Freelance Bullies, Paid and Volunteer

Demetria Irwin | Posted 12.20.2011

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Over the weekend, a viral video of a 14-year-old girl performing oral sex on a teenage boy made its way onto Twitter. For a while, the girl's name was a trending topic on Twitter.

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She Went Under The Knife To Avoid Bullying

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.12.2011

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After enduring online harassment and name-calling multiple times a week because of the shape of her nose, Nicolette Taylor, a 13 year-old from Long Is...

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Mom on Mom

Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE | Posted 12.11.2011

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New mothers sometimes snark hatefully at each other with the intent to cause pain. It starts with some article about breastfeeding, epidural, c-section, co-sleeping, whatever, and devolves rapidly. Some people call this Mommy Wars. I call this cyber-bullying.

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How Widespread Is Online Bullying Among Young People?

AP | CONNIE CASS and STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 11.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — Catherine Devine had her first brush with an online bully in seventh grade, before she'd even ventured onto the Internet. Someone s...

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It's Time To Stop Hiding Behind Our Computers

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Cyberbullying, Healthy Living Health News, Internet, Internet Anonymity, Consciousness, Cyber Bully, Healthy Living Spirit, Cyber Bullying, Internet and Cyber Bullying, Healthy Living News

A daily read of any website reveals an ugly side of America. What does this say about the readers who post awful comments about people they do not know?

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Randi Zuckerberg: Anonymity Online 'Has To Go Away'

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.26.2011

Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s marketing director, has a fix for cyberbullying: stop people from doing anything online without their names attached. ...

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Arguing On Behalf Of Your Political Point-Of-View On Twitter Is Now "Bullying," Apparently

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.05.2011

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When I get an article with the headline, "White House uses Twitter to bully critics," it sort of primes me to expect to see some examples of some hard...

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Free to Be... Not Anymore

Marlo Thomas | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Gay Bullying, Bullying Statistics, Effects of Bullying, Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Anti-Gay Bullying, School Bullying, Bullying Facts, Anti-Bullying, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Marlo Thomas, Free to Be Not Anymore, Education News

For all the walls we thought we'd broken down with Free to Be -- and all the stereotypes we thought we'd shattered -- children today are not free to be anything they want to be, and they are dying for it.

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Online Safety Tied to Real World Behavior

Larry Magid | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Online Safety, Cyberbullying Trial, Internet Safety, Cyber Bullying, Bullying, Technology News

I've been working in the field of Internet safety for 17 years, and the deeper I get into it, the more I realize that Internet safety for kids and teens isn't about the Internet or really even about safety.

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Boys Send Emails Rating Girls Without Prom Dates; Officials Investigate

Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Ipswich High School, Prom, Massachusetts, Cyber Bullying, Cyberbullying, Ipswich Email, Bullying, Education News

Two inappropriate emails sparked outrage and fears of cyberbullying in Ipswich, Mass. this week. The emails were sent to many of Ipswich High School's...

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Burn 'Book: Mystery Facebook User Bashes Calif. High School Students

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, Burn Book, Cyberbullying, Liberty Ranch High School, Bullying, Facebook Bullying, Facebook, Cyber Bullying, Facebook Pages, Students, School Bullying, Education News

CBS13 Sacramento reports that an unknown Facebook user created a Facebook page dedicated to insulting students at Liberty Ranch High School in Galt, C...

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