Cyberbullying
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dreamer_easyThe Star Wars kid kicks ass.
Until yesterday, when I read a recent New Scientist article on cyberbullying, I had never heard of the cruel prank pulled on a Canadian schoolkid who filmed himself goofing around with a toy lightsabre. Some of his schoolmates decided it would be a good idea to put it on the Internet. Millions watched it. School became an intolerable nightmare of non-stop harassment for the young man; he ended up in a psychiatric hospital.
But there's a happy ending. He sued the bullies' butts for hundreds of thousands of dollars, eventually settling out of court for an unknown sum.
Other teenage victims of cyberbullying have taken their own lives.
If anyone uses computer or phone to bully my niece or nephews, and I find out about it, the bullies had better move to Antarctica, stat.
The Rise of Cyberbullying, New Scientist online
'Star Wars Kid' cuts a deal with his tormentors
In Memory of Ryan Patrick Halligan
Schoolgirl killed herself after `phone bullying'
Until yesterday, when I read a recent New Scientist article on cyberbullying, I had never heard of the cruel prank pulled on a Canadian schoolkid who filmed himself goofing around with a toy lightsabre. Some of his schoolmates decided it would be a good idea to put it on the Internet. Millions watched it. School became an intolerable nightmare of non-stop harassment for the young man; he ended up in a psychiatric hospital.
But there's a happy ending. He sued the bullies' butts for hundreds of thousands of dollars, eventually settling out of court for an unknown sum.
Other teenage victims of cyberbullying have taken their own lives.
If anyone uses computer or phone to bully my niece or nephews, and I find out about it, the bullies had better move to Antarctica, stat.
The Rise of Cyberbullying, New Scientist online
'Star Wars Kid' cuts a deal with his tormentors
In Memory of Ryan Patrick Halligan
Schoolgirl killed herself after `phone bullying'
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Date: 2007-08-08 11:50 pm (UTC)