By Bob Stiles Staff Reporter Saturday, April 25, 2015, 12:01 a.m. Two Hempfield Area High School students have been charged with sending sexually explicit pictures to one another, state police at Greensburg said. The exchange, commonly called sexting, took place outside of school and involved a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, authorities said. The two, who […]
Several Taiwanese celebrities on Thursday spoke out against cyberbullying in the latest response to the death of model and actress Peng Hsin-yi (彭馨逸), more commonly known by her stage name, Cindy Yang (楊又穎), who apparently committed suicide after online attacks. In an apparent suicide note found on Tuesday, she said she had been bullied online […]
The District Attorney of Manhattan has said that the iPhone will be the “communication device of choice” for terrorists due to its encryption.
The Conservative government’s anti-cyberbullying legislation, Bill C-13, is now in effect. Justice Minister Peter MacKay officially announced the new law at a high school in Etobicoke, Ont., on Monday, where he spoke to students about the “dark side” of technology. Bill C-13 was first introduced on Nov. 20, 2013. The Conservative government says the legislation […]
Student leaders, the disabled and aspiring politicians in Galway are among those facing the anxiety of constant ‘cyber bullying’, according to locally-based senator, Lorraine Higgins. She is currently drawing up legislation to make bullying on social media a criminal offence. Senator Higgins – who is a qualified barrister – herself has been the victim of […]
According to EU Kids Online, a poll conducted in 2013 in Britain, 5.43 million teenagers have experienced cyberbullying on social networks such as Facebook, Ask.fm and Twitter. What can we learn from the stories of cyberbullying at Ask.fm that led to seven suicides since the website launched in 2010? How can we protect our teenagers […]
When Canadian teen Amanda Todd committed suicide after intimate photos of her were circulated online, the media referred to the circumstances as a case of cyberbullying. But according to a Vancouver-based women’s advocacy group, online harassment has a “hugely disproportionate impact on women and girls” and needs to be called what it is: cyber misogyny. “Cyberbullying has […]
Sexting, cyber-bullying, sextortion, and intimidation seem to be on the rise, meaning parenting in this digital age is harder than ever.
