A New York model is called “a skank” by an anonymous blogger, so she sues Google for the blogger’s name. A Maryland Dunkin’ Donuts franchise is called “dirty” by another unnamed blogger, so its owner sues a newspaper website to unmask the critic. And earlier this month, a local online media forum posts a subpoena [...]
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There’s a new target in cyber-bullying. One in 10 children experience bullying on the internet but social networking sites such as Facebook are now being used by students to vent their opinions about school teachers. A dozen students from Leeming Senior High School in Western Australia have been suspended after they contributed to a website [...]
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Research by psychologists at the University of Kent has revealed that online ostracism is a threat to children’s self-esteem. The study, the results of which are published today (22 March) in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology, looked at how children, adolescents and adults react to being ostracised by other players during an online computer [...]
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