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his week marks anti bullying week. As well as playground bullying, many children are subject to online or cyber bullying.
Online bullying has doubled in just one year. According to a recent study by internet security firm McAfee, currently one in three 11 to 17 year old are victims of online bullying. 35% percent of children say they have been exposed to internet bullying, compared with 16% from last year's findings.
As well as this, 4 in 10 said they had been witnesses to others being picked on. This figure counts as almost double that of last year.
Some of the sites where children are most vulnerable to online bullying are dating apps like Tinder and photo sharing apps like Snap chat.
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(JA) Maida Comment from the scotsman.com comments
I left school in 1971, at least in that old wind up steam powered world, I could escape every night, weekend and holiday to the sanctuary of a quiet estate and home, where I could feel safe.... I honestly think that if the taunting morons who made my life hell could have violated that sanctuary, I doubt I would have seen my 18th birthday! do not underestimate the effects this can have on a person, even many years later! My heart goes out to the poor children who are the current victims of bullying who with modern technology do not have the sanctuaries I had!!!
(QD) neill17 from bbc.co.uk comments
Turn off the computer, don't use twitter or FB? So the victim is excluded from using social media; exclusion is a bullying tactic so you need to think that one through.
(FA) inglewood jack from bbc.co.uk comments
If you cannot find the off button, there is little hope that a school could help you.You can only be bullied by consent online. This comment will attract mean people to comment harshly at me hoping to make me feel bad. Watch how it fails to achieve their objective, proving I am dead right. If you feel bullied, it is because you want to be, get a new hobby, maybe forum moderation is for you.
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Notes:
· In a poll of 11- to 17-year-olds, 35% reported that they have experienced cyberbullying – compared with 16% last year. Four in 10 said they had witnessed others being picked on online – almost double the 22% recorded last year.
· The study also suggests that thousands of teenagers, including many aged 15 or under, are using messaging service Snapchat and dating app Tinder every day.
· Some parents even helped set their children up with accounts, prompting fears that they are unwittingly putting them at risk.
· Internet security firm McAfee polled 2,000 children and 2,000 adults with at least one child aged under 18 in the UK before antibullying week on Monday and compared the findings with a similar study carried out last year.
· Cyber bullying rates have more than doubled over the past 12 months
· Only one-third of parents are worried about their child being bullied online
· One in six youngsters admitted using Tinder dating app every day
•parents admit they helped their child set up an account on tinder or snap chat
•a poll by ChildLine found when a youngster stated to an adult who had contacted them from a dating app that they were under 16, only 13% of adults terminated contact.
•one in 6 of the youngsters polled reported using Tinder everyday
•almost half of those are 15 and under
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(JA) inanutshellfrom dailymail.co.uk comments
this is bad parenting, have only one computer , put in a comunal room, encourage your children to respect THEIR privacy, set an example, do not sign up to social media, children do not need mobile phones until they are living away from home. This is how me and some of my friends brought up our children, eldest now 20, only had a mobile since he was 16 years. Never encountered any form of bullying.
(QD) Cityslacker dailymail.co.uk comments
They are CHILDREN and whilst as they grow older they should be afforded even more privacy, while they are at an impressionable age they should not be allowed unfettered access to the internet and parents should screen who they are talking to and what sites they are visiting. The internet is a wonderful place but for young minds it can be very dangerous and damaging. Bullying online is like bullying in the real world, ignore it and walk away from it. React to it and you feed it and them.
(FA) Daniel Rober2 from the Scotsman.com comments
I was surprised when my daughter, at age 9 got bullied online. Just like other bullying we had to have a chat about it. Still the internet offers wonderful opportunities for adults and children. Therefore online bullying just like poison pen letters in the past must be addressed in a sensible manner
