Cyber-Bullying approximately affects kids from the ages of 10-18. For some kids cyber-bullying only happens at least once but if it more intense of cyber-bullying it could happen to them on more accounts. In a research for CyberBullying Research center it showed that 17.3 kids have experienced at least one experience of cyber-bullying.
In the research it found that Teenagers experience high rates of cyberbullying. It shows that 32 percent of kids have received threats, harassed texts, embarrassing photos and videos and rumors about them. Also private texts between them and someone else sent around to other people. Cyber-Bullying effects both genders and is in a rise.
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Cyber -Bullying
Cyber-bullying is the use of the internet, cell phones or other electronic devices to spread harmful or embarrassing things about a person. The information can be sent by text, photos and videos. A Cyber-Bully can be someone who keeps sending things to a person and they don't want to have contact with that person. Some examples are sending threats, making sexual remarks, using offensive language or symbols, or posting humiliating pictures or videos of someone. Also spreading rumors or lies about a certain person. Cyberbullies sometimes get other people to gang up on someone and say stuff about that person in a chat room or on a website.
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