A recent police investigation in New Jersey high school found that more than a dozen middle and high school students traded explicit images of female students via text messaging and social media. The prosecutor’s office in Cape May announced invasion of privacy charges against 19 juveniles and one adult, on Tuesday. The adult is an 18-year-old student. […]
A university lecturer who claims he was cyber-bullied by students has won the right to challenge his employer for allegedly failing to tackle the problem. Simon Spacey, a senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Waikato, claims his life was made a “misery” by students who bullied and harassed him online, and that […]
This afternoon the independent.ie posted an article discussing TV3 Tallafornia Star’s Kelly Donegan’s dramatic transformation from ‘party girl’ to a female bodybuilder. The article focused on Kelly’s transformation from a ‘26-year-old that lacked in focus and drive’, to a 28-year-old female bodybuilder. Since leaving Tallafornia, Kelly has found a new outlet of interest, health and fitness. […]
A man “fat-shamed” Dancing Man on social media after a video of him dancing was posted online has got his own back by partying with celebrities in Los Angeles. Sean O’Brien was ridiculed by trolls after the video was posted on 4Chan this year. The 46-year-old financier from Liverpool attracted global support and was nicknamed […]
Canada has formed an international working group with its Five Eyes intelligence allies in an attempt to combat the cross-border threats posed by global cyberbullying, Justice Minister Peter MacKay revealed Monday. MacKay said Canada hosted a meeting of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing community — which includes the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand — […]
These days, what happens on the computer can ripple throughout school hallways and classrooms. It’s been coined cyberbullying, and it is now a violation of the Bullying Prevention Act and could result in bullies being asked to hand over online passwords to their social media accounts. As of Jan. 1, the Bullying Prevention Act was […]
Female students at a private Virginia university are filing a complaint with the US government, accusing the school of failing to protect them after they reported assault and death threats on the “cyberbully” social network Yik Yak app. A vocal member of the campus feminist group was murdered last week. At least two UK schools […]
Young people are aware of the risks of cyberbullying but perceive others as being more at risk than themselves. Young women are more vulnerable to this perception than young men. This is the finding of a study by Dr Lucy Betts and Sondos Metwally from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) that will be presented as part […]
Reddit, the online discussion forum known for its free-wheeling ethos, is enacting an anti-harassment policy while still trying to keep its roots as a place for free expression. Reddit said in a blog post on Thursday that it is “unhappy with harassing behavior” on the site and its survey data shows that users are too. […]
