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Oct
20th

Inquest into bullied suicide youth (Daily Telegraph 20 Oct)

Author: Gilbert Goh | Files under Email A Counsellor

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 [...]


Oct
19th

Teen was bullied before death: Inquest (news.com.au 19 Oct)

Author: Gilbert Goh | Files under Cyberbullying News

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 [...]


Oct
5th

Giving cyber attacks their due (ST 5 Oct)

Author: Gilbert Goh | Files under Cyberbullying News

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 [...]


Oct
5th

New cyber-bullying weapon: Mobile phones (Asiaone 5 Oct)

Author: Gilbert Goh | Files under Cyberbullying News

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 [...]