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Cyberbullying: California Takes Aim at Cyberbullies with New Law
Remember the days of prank calling? …like that time you and your friends pretended to be somebody you didn’t like in school so you could order 10 pizza pies delivered to their home? Or what about that time your dad impersonated a police officer when he called the girl who was bullying you to scare [...]
Cyberstalking: Portrait of a Facebook Stalker
Cyberstalkers are not always sexual predators and do not all look like criminals. In fact, in person- they may appear to be just like you and I, but make no mistake: cyberstalkers are driven by obsession, jealousy, manipulation, power, and a slew of other harmful characteristics. If you’re a member of Facebook, you’ve probably heard [...]
Cyberbullying: Freshman Opens Fire at School in South Carolina
It happened again. Last week, a 14-year-old male freshman at Socastee High School near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina shot a campus police officer after rigging several pipe bomb explosives around school grounds. “We’ve got a young man who has been under the dark cloud of bullying for many years now,” said the boy’s attorney, Russell [...]
Social Networks: Facebook Pics of Underage Drinkers Sent to Police
Everybody is talking in the Boston, Massachusetts suburb of Melrose about almost 70 underage high school teens that were caught on camera playing a popular drinking game called beer pong. The photographs were first posted on Facebook and show the students, some of which are sports team captains, at a summer house party with alcohol [...]
Cyberstalking: Spyware Allows Stalkers to Tap Into Cell Phones
You probably think that your cell phone calls are always private and secure, but you’re wrong. A quick Google search will lead you to hundreds of different types of stealth technology services available to anyone for spying purposes. These surveillance products are extremely easy to install and allow cyberstalkers to tap into any target mobile [...]
Cyberbullying: Phoebe Prince Trial Starts in March for One of Six Alleged Cyberbullies
A judge in Hampshire County Superior Court in Northampton, Massachusetts yesterday set a March trial date for eighteen-year-old Sean Muleyville, one of six defendants in the Phoebe Prince case. Fifteen-year-old Prince committed suicide on January 14th after allegedly suffering months of bullying at school and online. Charges against the alleged bullies range from criminal harassment, [...]
Teens Online Health: Kids Score Drugs Online
In the most recent report about Internet access and controlled substances by Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, called “You’ve Got Drugs!” researchers discovered sixth graders ordering prescription medications online. Out of 365 Web sites selling these meds, 85% do not even require a prescription. Here are some tips if you suspect [...]
Sexting: Consequences Are Dangerous for Convicted Sexters
Beyond the inevitable embarrassment and humiliation that goes along with sexting, children and teens convicted of texting, sharing, or possessing a nude or sexually explicit photograph of a child are actually held responsible for “transmission and receipt of child pornography,” two very serious offenses. In most cases, the photos are sent and received while two [...]
Cyberbullying: Chicago Schools Tackle Cyberbullying
Public schools throughout Chicago begin to enforce a new Student Code of Conduct this month which targets cyberbullying. Under the latest rules, students who “send a threatening text, post a disparaging post on Facebook, or email a rudely altered picture to your classmates” face possible expulsion as well as police investigations. These responses match what [...]
Cyberbullying: New Hampshire Takes A Stand Against Cyberbullying
This week, a new law which takes strong action against cyberbullying went into effect in New Hampshire, thanks to the state’s Governor John Lynch. The law requires training for school administrators about cyberbullying and forces school officials to report any bullying behavior they may witness. Citing cases in which bullying victims skip school (which, among [...]
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