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Cyber Bullying

Change a Life, Become a Mentor

Matilda Raffa Cuomo | Posted 08.15.2012 | Parents
Read More: Mentoring USA, Cyberbullying, Mentor, Mentoring Programs, Hillary Clinton, Cyber Bullying, Joel Morales, Deneen Borner, Michelle Obama, Parents News
Matilda Raffa Cuomo

Mentoring is a lifetime investment in a child and one that is critically important today to prevent school dropout, improve self-esteem and combat bullying in America's schools and online.

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Facebook Ordered To Unmask Cyberbullies

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 06.08.2012 | Technology
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The U.K.'s high court established a legal precedent recently when it ordered Facebook to reveal the identities of several online trolls. Nicola Brooke...

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How to Keep Alias Generation Off Facebook

Steven Kurlander | Posted 08.07.2012 | Parents
Read More: Sexting, Twitter, Bullying, Mittens, Facebook, Cyber Bullying, Teenagers, Texting, Parental Controls, Parents News
Steven Kurlander

Millions of kids like my daughter are already on Facebook and other social media sites. At this point, trying to limit their access is a joke.

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Facebook Lowering the Age of Admittance? No Thank You!

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 08.07.2012 | Parents
Read More: Obessive-Compolsive Behavior, Bullying, Sex, Teens, Pr-Teens, Tweens, Drugs, Onternet Addiction, Media, Cyber Bullying, Facebook, Mothers, Family, Fathers, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

As a psychologist, mother and someone who cares about kids' well-being, I suggest we collectively resist allowing pre-teens to access Facebook, regardless of what the company decides.

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How Our Society Has Manifested the Bullying Epidemic

Amy Weber | Posted 07.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Teen Suicide, Hate, Bully, Lgbt Teen Suicides, Cyber-Bullying, Suicide, Bullying, Discrimination, Anti-Bullying, Home News
Amy Weber

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 07.17.2012 | Religion
Read More: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Christianity, Social Media, Internet, Web Etiquette, Cyber Bullying, Religion News
Samuel L. Adams

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 06.25.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dr Helene Pavlov, Bully, Hospital for Special Surgery, Bullying, Elder Abuse, Bullying Problems, Stop Bullying, Emotional Wellness, Cyber Bullying, School Bullying, Workplace Bullying, Healthy Living News
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

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 06.09.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Friendship, Bully, Bullying, Lee Hirsch, Cyber-Bullying, Lee Hirsch Bully, Lee Hirsch Interview, Anti-Bullying, Entertainment News
Toni Nagy

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 | Arts
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
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson

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 | Crime
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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 | Home
Read More: School Violent Crimes, Public Schools, Department of Justice, US Public Schools, School Homicide, School Crime, Crime, School Thefts, US Department of Education, Public School Crime, Cyber Bullying, School Bullying, Home News

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

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

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

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 | Home
Read More: Online Bullying, Social Media, Video, Twitter, Cyberbullying, Social Networking, Bullying, Social Media Bullying, Teen Bullying, Teen Bullies, Cyber Bullying, Facebook, School Bullying, Home 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 | Home
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, Home 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 | Celebrity
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Kane Hodder

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 | Impact
Read More: Bullying Prevention Month, National Bullying Prevention, Bullying Prevention, Perez Hilton Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Youth Suicide Bullying, Stop Bullying Movement, Impact News
Shira Lazar

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 | Black Voices
Read More: Real Housewives of Atlanta, Basketball Wives, Reality TV, Cyber Bullying, Twitter Trending Topics, Black Voices News
Demetria Irwin

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 | Home
Read More: Teen Plastic Surgery, Bullying Solutions, Bullying, Plastic Surgery, Teen Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Nose Job, School, Anti Bullying, Nose Jobs, School Bullying, Video, Home News

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 | Parents
Read More: Parenting Tips, Breastfeeding, Baby Formula, Mothering, Mommy Wars, Parenting, It Gets Better, Mommy Bloggers, Mothers, Parents-Newborns, Lactivists, Cyber Bullying, Parents News
Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE

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 | Home
Read More: Online Safety, Sexting, Associated Press Poll, Electronic Communications, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Cyber Safety, Cybersecurity, Internet and Cyberbullying, Facebook, Cyber Bullying, Barack Obama, Internet, US Department of Education, Education Department, Web Safety, University of Scranton, School Bullying, Home News

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 | Healthy Living
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
Christina Pirello

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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Bianca Bosker

Randi Zuckerberg: Anonymity Online 'Has To Go Away'

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.26.2011 | Technology
Read More: Erin Andrews, Online Security, Internet Safety, Facebook Anonymity, Cyber Stalking, Online Anonymity, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Internet Security, Cyber Bullying, Facebook, Social Media Networks, Marie Claire, Social Media, Anonymity, Anonymity Online, Randi Zuckerberg, Cyberbullying, Cyberbully, Technology News

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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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.05.2011 | Media
Read More: Eat the Press, Social Media, White House, Obama White House, Twittering, Twitter, Cyberbullying, Media Criticism, Cyber Bullying, Jesse Lee, Tweets, Media News

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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