Cyberbullying stories

A new study by Qualtrics shows the biggest concerns of parents for their children and technology are texting, sexting and cyberbullying.More

Cyberbullying is a threat to students in New Zealand, and the police are getting involved in educating young people throughout the country.More

"It will work with parties to help get objectionable content off the internet and provide advice on other possible remedies.”More

We talk to our children about keeping safe in the physical world. We need to be having the same conversations about keeping safe in the online world.More

"The perceived invisibility offered by digital communication is a significant concern."More

The Harmful Digital Communications Bill has passed its third and final reading in Parliament, with an overwhelming cross-party support.More

ACT leader says the Harmful Digital Communications Bill will likely affect the very people the bill is trying to protect – young people." More

Education Law in NZ says schools are to provide a safe physical and emotional environment including addressing behaviours such as cyberbullying.More

The Harmful Digital Communications Bill introduces a range of measures to address damaging online communications.More

The ‘controversial’ cyberbullying bill has been placed up the Order Paper for debate today, according to a statement from Parliament Today.More

The bill is to mitigate harm caused by digital communications and to provide victims of harmful digital communications with a means of redress.More

“Bullying of any type – whether its verbal bullying or cyber-bullying – can have a huge and negative impact on children’s learning.”More

“Young people are disproportionately affected by online challenges such as aggressive or bullying online communications,”More

the distinctive properties of an online environment introduce new dynamics that distinguish bullying from its offline variety.More

Cyberbullying and the links between violent computer games and real-life violence are all too frequent headline topicsMore

Online bullying was for a long time merely frowned upon, but governments around the world are putting laws in place to protect people from online attacksMore

"Today’s teachers are not only using the internet regularly as part of their lessons, they are increasingly having to deal with the wider issues it generates and quite often, without any formal training."More

Twice as many girls as boys are being bullied online according to a new study – but both sexes are being equally affected by cybercrime and/or negative online experiences.More

A survey of New Zealand schools finds girls are believed to be more likely to carry out cyberbullying.More

Schools are being urged to block social networking site Ask.fm following its links to cyber bullying of New Zealand students and the recent suicides of two British teenagers.More

Latest findings show parents are more protective of boys than girls on social networking sites, especially during back-to-school seasons.More

NetSafe looks to find an internet age solution to the internet age problem of cyberbullying.More

Internet search engine wants to name names in a bid to stop YouTube comments abuse.More

Cyberbullying is as real and as harmful as bullying in the real world, and online safety group NetSafe is taking steps to address the issue.More