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Kadina High’s teenage bullying victim Alex Wildman told to sit outside principal’s office if scared as attackers free By Larissa Cummings From:The Daily Telegraph October 20, 2009 2:36PM Told to sit outside principal’s office if he felt scared … Alex Wildman, 14. killed himself after a series of violent run-ins with bullies [...]
Teen was bullied before death: inquest
By Tony Bartlett, AAP
October 19, 2009, 7:23 pm
The mother of a NSW high school student who committed suicide after being beaten and bullied says she hopes an inquest into his death will help protect other families from similar heartache.
Opening the inquest at Ballina on Monday, Deputy NSW Coroner Malcolm MacPherson [...]
Editorial
Giving cyber attacks their due
INCREASINGLY sophisticated cyber threats to national and commercial security require increasingly sophisticated safeguards. In setting up the Singapore Infocomm Technology Security Authority (Sitsa), the Government has taken an early step in protecting against such dangers as cyber espionage and cyber terrorism. Sitsa will be responsible for securing critical IT infrastructure. It [...]
New cyber-bullying weapon: Mobile phones
By KENNY CHEE
POLYTECHNIC student Alice (not her real name) got a shock in November last year, when she realised that a female classmate had taken upskirt photos of her by using a mobile phone.
The classmate then showed the photos to other students and openly taunted Alice, 19, about it. Although [...]
Glenn Milne
August 02, 2009 12:00am
THE Federal Government will today announce a massive $3 million education campaign to try to curb cyber bullying of teenagers in schools around the country.
The pilot program, involving 150 schools nationally, will help confront safety issues in e-communications, including cyber-bullying and will also examine the effectiveness of existing cyber-safety programs in [...]
Copycat fears block 60 Minutes suicide story
By Michelle Draper
AAP
August 12, 2009 05:57pm
A VICTORIAN Supreme Court judge says she has blocked Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes from screening a controversial segment about teenage suicides because of concerns over copycats.
The national anti-depression initiative beyondblue won a last-minute injunction last Sunday to stop the program broadcasting the story about [...]
Fourth Geelong student commits suicide
By staff writers
NEWS.com.au
July 21, 2009 12:22pm
Tragedy …A school is reeling after its fourth student suicide in six months.
Geelong student, 14, takes own life
Fourth in six months at same school
Mum blames cyber bullying
A GRIEVING mother has blamed the internet for the death of her 14-year-old daughter.
Police are also blaming cyber bullying for [...]
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Cyber bullies turn vicious - Really!
According to Asia One News:
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl here created fake profiles on popular social networking sites MySpace and Facebook with a single-minded purpose: To befriend those she disliked in school.
Once the connections were made, the teen turned on her schoolmates, hurling nasty insults at them.
The bullying [...]
