70% increase in threatening behaviour by SMS

Text messages now account for more than half of the threats of violence or intimidation recorded in The Lothians (Scotland), and have been largely responsible for a massive rise in threatening behaviour being reported to the police over the last 12 months, according to the Edinburgh News. Cases being reported to police range from serious examples of criminal intimidation to school bullying.

This is harldy the first time text bullying has made headlines, for more information, check out the Bullying by SMS category in textually.org.

emily | 9:59 AM | Bullying by SMS |
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