SCHOOLS are asking police to investigate serious student cyber bullying amid increasing complaints from parents about their children receiving hate messages online.
One of Australia’s top girls’ schools has reported “several episodes of ongoing harassment” to police and pleaded with parents to monitor their daughters’ online activity.
Riverside Girls High School in Sydney’s north has told families to report every case of cyber bullying and harassment.
“Each week we receive a notification from a distressed parent about some appalling message their daughter has received from a fellow student or group of students,” principal Judy King said in a letter to parents.
“The author of the vicious personal attack is sometimes known, sometimes not.”