Nineteen-year-old men are the biggest victims of online bullying, the majority of which takes place on popular social networking site Facebook, a new UK study has claimed. ...
04:22 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Charlie Sheen is really angry that his nine-year-old daughter Sam had to face bullying at school. ...
12:43 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Children who are bullied online or by mobile phone are just as likely to skip school or consider suicide as kids who are physically bullied, according to a new study. ...
06:53 PM, Feb 12, 2013
London: Bullying using e-mails, texts or web-postings to abuse people is as common at the workplace as 'conventional' bullying at schools, says a study. The way cyberbullying influences both the victim and witnesses is more hidden at the workplace, according to study on occupational psychology. Christine Sprigg, Carolyn Axtell and Sam Farley of the University of Sheffield, with Iain Coyne of Nottingham University, have shone a new light on this...
11:22 AM, Nov 05, 2012
London: Children who suffer from bullying in their early years are more likely than their peers to engage in self harm as adolescents, a new study has suggested. Researchers at the King's College London found that half of the self-harming 12-year-olds they looked at in the study were frequently bullied. The research, published in the British Medical Journal, also showed that victimised children with mental health problems were at greater...
05:13 AM, Apr 30, 2012
San Francisco: Facebook and Time Warner are ganging up on bullies to address a problem that torments millions of children and young adults. The partnership announced Tuesday calls for Facebook and Time Warner to use their clout to raise awareness about bullying and encourage more people to report the abuses when they see them. Facebook's participation reflects a growing recognition that its online social network consisting of more than 750...
08:25 AM, Jul 13, 2011
Los Angeles: Rapper 50 Cent, who rose to fame with songs that told of drug use and violence, is aiming to steer teenagers away from schoolyard bullying with a book called 'Playground' that will reach stores in January, his publisher said on Monday. The story 50 Cent will pen is about a 13 year-old bully who learns to mend his ways after witnessing the harm he caused, according to Penguin...
12:17 PM, Jun 21, 2011
New York: Boys who are bullies at school are at increased risk of abusing their partner later in life -- a link that US researchers say could hold potential for curbing domestic violence, which affects about a fourth of all US women. While their study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, can't tease out cause and effect, the link appears to be surprisingly strong and warrants further...
09:31 AM, Jun 07, 2011
Boston: Facebook has 7.5 million users who are underage and are "not supposed" to be using the social networking site, according to a new report. Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook in the past year, more than one-third or about 7.5 million were younger than 13 and not supposed to be able to use the site, Consumer Reports, an American consumer advocacy publication, said in a study....
08:23 AM, May 11, 2011
Ipswich: A father in Ipswich was so angry having caught his children bullying a boy who wore glasses, he marched them off to the police station to have them charged for assault. The father, known only as Matt, told a Brisbane radio station he saw his 17-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter bashing up a 13-year-old boy, breaking his jaw, because he wore glasses, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. He told...
03:15 PM, Mar 18, 2011
London: Facebook users can now tell a "trusted friend" if they feel they are being bullied or harassed online, thanks to a new option introduced by the popular social networking site. Facebook has said that its reporting option allows members to alert someone in their support system, like parents or teachers, to the problem so that online behaviour is linked to "real world consequences". "Often the best way of sorting...
03:43 PM, Mar 11, 2011
Washington: President Barack Obama smiled when he said his large ears and funny name once made him a target of school-yard harassment. But he was all seriousness Thursday when he told a White House conference on bullying that torment and intimidation must not be tolerated. Some 13 million students, about a third of all those attending school, are bullied every year, the White House said. Experts say that puts them...
10:24 AM, Mar 11, 2011
Rome: A Facebook page that was being used by a group of teenaged students in Italy to bully and harass one of their classmates has been shut down by police, a media report said Saturday. The Minors' Court in Rome found guilty seven 14-year-old students of online abuse against a boy in their same class. The bullies created a Facebook page where they harassed the boy, insulting and calling him...
03:18 PM, Dec 04, 2010
Hyderabad: They have, although ended Rajasthan Royals' hopes of making it to the playoffs, Deccan Chargers’ stand-in skipper Cameron White said his team would now seek to upset the chances of Royal Challengers Bangalore when the two sides clash in an IPL 5 match on Sunday. Deccan on Friday dashed Rajasthan’s hopes by sealing a comprehensive five-wicket victory here. When you are at the bottom of the table there is...
11:50 AM, May 25, 2008
Sharjah: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq on Wednesday said focus is the key for him and his team as they try to avert distraction caused by a court verdict against three former team-mates in a corruption case. Although Misbah shied away from commenting on the verdict which found former Test captain Salman Butt and paceman Mohammad Asif guilty of conspiracy to cheat and accepting corrupt payments, he discussed Pakistan's progress in ...
02:17 AM, Mar 15, 2008
Bullying is damaging not just for those being bullied, but also for bullies, says experts. ...
12:56 PM, Aug 24, 2007
