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Bullies switch to hi-tech hostility ; There is nothing new about school bullies - but technology like mobile phones and the internet mean they are finding new ways to operate. Post crime reporter JASON EVANS looks at the problem of cyber bullying.
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South Wales Evening Post
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July 3, 2008
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There is nothing new about school bullies - but technology like
mobile phones and the internet mean they are finding new ways to
operate. Post crime reporter JASON EVANS looks at the problem of
cyber bullying.
It is a sad fact of life that there have probably been school
bullies for as long as there have been schools.
Though it may have a long and ignoble history, in recent years
there has been less tolerance of it and a commitment to try to stamp
it out.
But a new form of bullying - cyber bullying - has emerged which
many regard as even more destructive than "traditional" verbal and
physical bullying.
Cyber bullies use mobile phones and the internet to pick on their
victims, and because ...
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