Showing posts with label cyber bullying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cyber bullying. Show all posts

Monday, October 10, 2011

Online Harassment

This is an excerpt from Malware City.com,

These are interesting statistics about activity on the net:
16-18 year adolescents:
do various research projects for homework (43%)
hang out on social networks (31%)

while most 11-15 year-olds:
chat using instant messaging platforms (87%).

How much do parents know?
89% of the parents recognized that their children had been threatened, harassed or humiliated on the Internet
54% admitted that their kids had been very affected by these incidents
As a consequence of these cyber-bulling events, the children became sad, angry, violent, or apathetic.
19 % of parents sought specialized help for their children