[NetBehaviour] Cyber-bullying gathers pace in US.

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Cyber-bullying gathers pace in US.

One third of US online teenagers have been victims of cyber-bullying 
according to research by the Pew Internet Project. The most common 
complaint from teens was about private information being shared rather 
than direct threats.

Girls were more likely than boys to be targets and teens who share their 
identities online are the most vulnerable, the survey found. But 
teenagers still think that the majority of bullying happens offline.

Some 32% of teenagers questioned had experienced one of more of the 
following: having a private e-mail, IM or text messaging forwarded or 
posted where others could see it, the victim of an aggressive email, IM 
or text message, having a rumour spread about them online or having an 
embarrassing photograph posted online without permission.

As more and more young people join social networking sites such as 
MySpace and Facebook, so they are opening themselves and their personal 
information up to more people.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6245798.stm