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Article: Beat the online bullies - sign up to the Citizen's campaign
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- Citizen Gloucestershire, The
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- June 14, 2008
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Shocking videos have been posted online mocking the death of
tragic teen Sam Leeson.
The disturbing clips poke fun at the 13-year-old from Tredworth's
apparent suicide which his family blames on online bullying.
Today The Citizen launches its "Cyber Watch - For Sam's Sake"
campaign, in a bid to crackdown on the bullies who torment children
online.
The aim of the campaign is to highlight the problem of cyber
bullying and to find a way of enabling children to report online
attacks.
Sam's family say they are horrified strangers are choosing to
find fun in their grief.
Sam's sister Emma Cope said: "They are disgusting and they are
not true. The videos are inappropriate and they are sick. We will ...