November 14th, 2007
‘My Space’ hoax ends with suicide of Dardenne Prairie teen:
This one is so heart wrenching as a parent that I’m at a loss for words.
Megan Meier was a 13-year-old girl that had some problems but things were turning around for her. That was until she got a friend request from someone claiming to be, in […]
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August 28th, 2007
Net bully regrets her part in hate site:
The other day I posted about a New Zealand girl that was being cyberbullied on Bebo. It turns out that thanks to that story in the NZ media one of the bullies is getting a taste of her own medicine.
One of the girls who bullied Tauranga Intermediate […]
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August 25th, 2007
Online hate campaign leaves girl, 13, traumatised:
13-year-old Johnelle Hosking of New Zealand had a hate campaign against her posted on the social networking site Bebo by some of the kids she went to school with.
The profile titled Johnelle Haters!!!, featured a photo of Johnelle, 13, with the word “slut” in red plastered across the bottom.
Derogatory […]
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March 20th, 2007
Students expelled for online bullying:
Four Edmonton junior high students have been expelled and another 20 have been suspended after derogatory comments were posted about 2 of their teachers on Nexopia. The four that were expelled set up fake profiles in the teachers’ names allowing the others to leave disparaging comments.
Karen Wilson, president of Alberta […]
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February 26th, 2007
NET BULLY BOYS ARE ARRESTED:
Yet another short and vague article. This time out of the U.K.
TWO boys have been arrested for cyber-bullying after posting abusive messages on a website.
Police tracked the teens to their homes after complaints from users of networking site Bebo.
The boys, aged 14 and 15, posted pictures of classmates next to offensive […]
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