Electronic Bullies

Mike Masnick comments on an article from the Christian Science Monitor on cyber-bullying, both on the Internet and by text messaging, saying parents, school teachers and administrators are finally realizing what's happening, but are not sure how to deal with it.

Mike brings up an an interesting point, that today's "electronic bullies" are a different breed than the big kids who used to intimidate smaller children physically on the playground. Now "so-called "good kids are bullies or have an outlet to bully back". And in an always-on world, the bullying goes on non-stop".

For related articles on bullying by SMS, see this category in Textually.org, where texting messaging tormentors have at times caused trajedies, how a new service for mobile phone operators could give children the power to stop unwanted text message from bullies, how the Northern Ireland police offer advice and how the UK Department for Education and Skills issued guidelines in August 2002, counselling schools on how to deal with this problem, recommending bullies be expelled.

emily | 3:31 PM | Bullying by SMS |
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