Tech Article 9/30

More than half of all teens and adults say that they have been bullied or harassed online. A few days ago, kids took a new poll on Internet Behavior and 56% of all of the kids between the age of 14 and 24 said that they had been bullied through digital media. This is a 50% increase from a similar test in 2009. The results of the test say that the most common forms of harassment include posting rumors online, writing mean things and and sharing texts that were meant to stay private. Also, although many people think that having the ability to remain anonymous on the internet is a major cause of the bullying, it turns out that this is a small factor to the bullying. Most bullying happens by people that the other person is close friends with. Cyber bullying has greatly increased in the past two years.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/tech/web/online-bullying-poll/index.html