Cyber bullying is any form of bullying which takes place online or through smartphones and tablets. Social networking sites, messaging apps, gami...
Cyber bullying is rife on the internet and most young people will experience it or see it at some time. In our recent national bullying survey, 56% of...
With the increase of social networking sites, online activity and messaging apps, cyberbullying is on the increase. In a survey by Ditch the Labe...
Most of the apps and social networking sites are for people aged 13 and over. They also state that bullying, abusive behaviours which includes harassm...
Cyber bullying affects people from any age or walk of life, including children, teens and adults who all feel very dis...
For many cyber bullying affects their everyday lives and is a constant source of distress and worry. With mobile technology being so freely avai...
It's very upsetting to get abusive emails, instant messages and to have nasty websites or social network profiles set up to invite people to post offe...
There are ways that people who send emails can be tracked by internet service providers and the police. All emails carry information which shows the p...
Twitter is a very popular social network used by many different age groups, and especially used by many celebrities to keep in touch with fans and by ...
Twitter safety tips
Never give out your real address, or any personal details - Remember on Twitter everything you say can be open to the world;
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The internet is great fun but it does have dangers and we want you to be safe online. When you join a chatroom you'll find people are very f...
Bullying UK has had experience of young people using the internet who have been persuaded into dangerous situations by adults. This is an offence call...
Anyone can set up a professional-looking website. All it takes is a simple software package and a couple of hours. Just because these sites don't...
The people who run these websites are not usually checked by the Criminal Records Bureau as they would have to be if they were working with young peop...
We receive numerous complaints about bullying with mobile phones which has led to the suicide of a teenage girl from Liverpool and which causes misery...
Problems include
silent calls
insulting and threatening texts
abusive verbal messages
stolen identity
Cyberstalking is frightening and illega...
If you have teenagers or children who are on Facebook, you may have heard about a new trend called “Hot or Not”. This is where children an...
On the surface this may seem like an innocent way of peers connecting with each other but it’s worth asking whether this could be another form o...
Happy slapping is an inaccurate description for an assault in which the attack is filmed. There's nothing happy about it and it is should be taken ser...
What is happy slapping?
The assault usually involves a stranger being hit over the head while other people take photographs/video on their camera pho...