It was discovered today that school children are being bullied not only in the school playground, but on the internet as well.Cyberbullying is becoming increasingly worrying for teenagers worldwide as the numbers of those seeking help increase as the bullies take to the net.
Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that is caried out through electronic media by a minor to torment, threaten, harass, or otherwise target another minor. Internet services such as e-mail, chat rooms, discussion groups or instant messaging are among the key types of bullying seen, however Cyberbullying can also include bullying through mobile phones, text messages, pagers or belittlement through WebSites.
It has been revealed today that nearly 10,000 children each week are seeking help to cope with Cyberbullying. Backed by PM Gordon Brown, charity Beatbullying have recently launched a website aimed at children seeking support websites for advice after being subjected to abusive forms of Cyberbullying. The shocking results from the site, http://www.cybermentors.org.uk/ show the true scale of the cyberbullying problem for the first time.
Spokeswoman Emma Jane Cross said: "We are experiencing an overwhelming response to the launch of our peer mentoring social networking site - these are serious alarm bells we must act on." Emma then went on to say "bullyiing in any form is unacceptable, but sadly it is an issue that has only been propogated by digital innovations."
More than 600 teenagers have now been trained as CyberMentors to help their fellow classmates on-line. In the website's first breakdown of feedback, the charity have found that 52% of users stated that they had not had their problems listened to by anyone before, 64% of the users believed they felt better after using the website's mentoring system.
BeatBullying has revealed that a third of children are being CyberBullied, or which most of the victims are in the 11-18 year old age range with girls being four times more likely to be bullied than boys.
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