Cyberbullying
Fordland schools will host a presentation on Internet safety and cyberbullying from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. Students and parents in the Logan-Rogersville and Seymour school districts are invited to attend the event, coordinated by the Safety Council of the Ozarks, the Webster County Juvenile Division, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [...]
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TALLINN — A recent report from “EU Kids Online” has found that Estonia has the EU’s largest problem with cyber-bullying. The report found that nearly 15% of Estonian child aged 9-16 have been the victims of cyber-bullying, which involves sending repeated hateful or threatening messages via phone or computer. It can also include releasing embarrasing [...]
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I’m glad that media outlets and public officials are shining a light on cyberbullying and bullying in general. It’s important to pay attention to this serious problem, but we need to keep it in perspective. As bad as it is, cyberbullying is not an epidemic and it’s not killing our children. MORE >>>
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COLUMBUS, OH., (Indiana’s NewsCenter)— Cyberbullying has Ohio legislatures and local school officials scrambling for a solution. The Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate both have new bullying legislation in their education committees calling for schools to provide a policy against cyberbullying, which the house bill defines as “harassment, intimidation, or bullying by electronic [...]
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New York, NY, September 14, 2011 – MTV today announced it will premiere its newest original TV movie, (dis)connected, on Monday, October 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. (dis)connected tells the story of four young people whose lives unexpectedly collide online and illustrates how growing up digital can complicate life and love. Although the characters have [...]
HAVERFORD TWP. — School officials were recently afforded a behind-the-scenes look at initiatives the district is implementing to address the contemporary issue of cyberbullying, a form of bullying that involves misuse of technology. Haverford Middle School Assistant Principal Detrick McGriff reported that over the past two years cyber-incidents, or inappropriate forms of communication using technology, [...]
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(NOTE: The indidivuals mentioned here, Justin, Larry, and Patti, are people I respect as colleagues and friends. I hope everyone who follows this blog take the time to read this and tune into the CBS program. – Mike) Ahead of CBS News’ 48 Hours special onbullying, ConnectSafely.org co-director and CBS News and CNET Technologyanalyst Larry [...]
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Last week, a Missouri judge issued a preliminary injunction against the state, suspending part of a law that would have made it illegal for teachers and students to connect via social networks. Section 162.069.4 of the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act — which aims to protect children from sexual predators — prohibits teachers from establishing, [...]
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In May, Ann Arbor public schools moved to cut off wireless access for students using smartphones and other devices, citing the potential for cyberbullying as one reason. An AnnArbor.com review of school district documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act shows officials are increasingly concerned with cyberbullying involving students — with some of the [...]
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For a while after his first TV series was broadcast in 2009, comedian Stewart Lee was in the habit of collecting and filing some of the comments that people made about him on web pages and social media sites. He did a 10-minute Google trawl most days for about six months and the resultant collected [...]
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