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Social Media Fuels Hyper-patriotism

Gregory G. Allen | Posted 02.05.2013 | Media
Read More: Democratic, Tea Party, Republicans, Bob Costas, Social Media, Politics, Liberals, Online Bullying, Online, Life Online, Facebook Bullying, Facebook, Media News
Gregory G. Allen

When can we just go back to being Americans and not have to continue to label ourselves so we can instantly pick a fight? I long for that day to arrive.

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Facebook Is 'Going Purple'... And So Can You

The Huffington Post | Britney Fitzgerald | Posted 10.19.2012 | Technology
Read More: Go Purple Spirit Day, Glaad, Bullying, Lgbt Bullying, Facebook Bullying, Glaad Spirit Day, Facebook, Glaad Spiritday, Cyber Bullying, Anti-Bullying, Video, Go Purple Glaad, LGBT Community, Anti-Bullying Campaign, Go Purple, Spirit Day, Tumblr, Against Bullying, Spirit Day October 19, Glaad 10192012, Technology News

Is the web looking a little... purple? This October 19, prominent tech companies are taking their third annual stand against bullying by "going pur...

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7 Reasons Why We Act Differently Online

The Huffington Post | Britney Fitzgerald | Posted 10.11.2012 | Technology
Read More: Acting Differently Online, Video, Social Networking, Facebook Bullying, Facebook Psychology, Act Different Online, Facebook, Facebook-Trolls, Trolling, Trolls, Technology News

Fact: Most people act differently online than they do in real life. Whether we're more engaging, less polite or bolder in our political assertions...

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Two Men Arrested After Their Facebook Comments Allegedly Lead Classmate To Suicide

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 08.16.2012 | College
Read More: Arrests, Lovepreet Singh, Raksha-Sharma-Dead, Suicide, Facebook Bullying, Raksha-Sharma, Facebook Harassment, Deepak Saini, MCM Polytechnic College, Raksha-Sharma-Suicide, Death, College News

A first-year student in Jalandhar, India was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her hostel room yesterday morning. According to The Times of India, a...

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Facebook Ordered To Unmask Cyberbullies

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 06.08.2012 | Technology
Read More: Video, Facebook Trolls, Facebook Cyberbullying, Cyberbullying, Facebook Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Slideexpand, Facebook Reveal Identities Cyberbullies, Facebook, Nicola Brookes, Facebook Cybercrime, Technology News

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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Teen Victims Of Cyberbullying Fight Back In lawsuits

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN and DORIE TURNER | Posted 06.26.2012 | Home
Read More: School Social Media, Cyberbullying, School Cyberbullying, School Social Media Policies, Facebook in Schools, Teen Bullying, stopcyberbullying.org, Facebook, Facebook Bullying, School Bullying, Alex Boston, Video, Home News

ATLANTA — When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her ther...

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'Country's Toughest Anti-bullying Law" Marks Anniversary Of Student Suicide

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 11.23.2011 | Home
Read More: Garden State Equality, Facebook Bullying, Anti-Bullying Law, Anti-Bullying, New Jersey Anti-Bullying Law, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Online Bullying, Gay Bullying, Chris Christie, Barack Obama, Cyberbullying, Dharun Ravi, West Orange Schools, New Jersey Schools, Anti-Gay Bullying, Paula Dow, School Bullying, Phoebe Prince, Phoebe Prince Suicide, Tyler Clementi, Anthony Cavanna Superintendent, Home News

NEWARK, N.J. — Does one second-grader saying another has "cooties" rise to the level of bullying? That is just one question emerging from new le...

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The New Odd Girl Out: Why Social Media Makes Girls So Insecure

Rachel Simmons | Posted 10.08.2011 | Women
Read More: Social Media, Teens Girls, Online Bullying, Social Media Bullying, Teen Bullying, Teenage Girls, Facebook Bullying, Teens, Teenagers, Women News
Rachel Simmons

A girl's social networking profile is a persona she constructs, a salve for the anxiety so many girls feel about relationships. All this, however, at a cost: the same tools girls use to alleviate insecurity are just as likely to inflame it.

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Real-Life Burn Book Triggers District Investigation

Posted 09.12.2011 | Home
Read More: Cyberbullying, Bullying, Sharon Chanon Velazquez, Bullies, Facebook, Facebook Bullying, School Bullying, Phoebe Prince, Texas Schools, Home News

A Burn Book like the one featured in the movie Mean Girls that singles out students and calls them names has led school officials in Texas to launch a...

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Facebook And Friends Fight Bullying

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 09.11.2011 | Technology
Read More: Facebook Bullying, Time Warner, Facebook, Cyberbullying, Bullying, Anti-Bullying, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook and Time Warner are ganging up on bullies to address a problem that torments millions of children and young adults. The par...

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: California, Burn Book, Cyberbullying, Liberty Ranch High School, Bullying, Facebook Bullying, Facebook, Cyber Bullying, Facebook Pages, Students, School Bullying, Home 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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Florida Teens Charged With Bullying Fellow Student On Facebook

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Facebook Bullying, Teen Suicide, Facebook Stalking, Facebook, Cyberbullying, Bullying Suicide, School Bullying, Bullying, Home News

ESTERO, Fla. — Two teenage girls have been charged under Florida's law against cyberbullying after authorities say they created a Facebook accou...

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Girls 'Becoming Facebook Addicts,' School Leader Says

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Facebook Cyberbullying, Girl Facebook Addict, Facebook Girls Addicts, Facebook Bullying, Facebook Addiction, Facebook, Girls Facebook, Girls Facebook Addiction, Facebook Addict, Technology News

Parents fear their daughters are becoming addicted to social networking sites, a girls' school leader says. Girls seem to be "permanently connected...

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