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Article: Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General: 1 of 3 Teens and 1 of 6 Preteens are Victims of Cyber Bullying; Teenager Recounts Harrowing Tale of Online Death Threats.
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- August 17, 2006
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- As Pennsylvania's kids prepare to go back to school, Attorney General Tom Corbett, Bucks County District Attorney Diane Gibbons and State Director Bruce Clash of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids today released the results of a nationwide poll on cyber bullying and called on every school in Pennsylvania to have a proven bulling prevention program.
The poll, commissioned by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, shows that one in three teens and one in six preteens have been victims of cyber bullying. Estimating that more than 13 million children aged six to 17 were victims of cyber bullying, the poll also revealed that more than two million ...