420 views - Social network sites 'have duty' to stop cyberstalking

This news report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14085766) is based on the first study into cyberstalking!!! considering MySpace launched in 2003 and Facebook in 2004 and Bebo in 2005 its a little bit overdue as I am willing to bet cyberstalking started the moment these SNS started, who hasn't looked up their exes, the girl we hated at school, our crushes etc. But when is having a a quick glance turn into a serious case of cyberstalking. Check out this story-

"Newsbeat spoke to another male victim who had been stalked online by a former workmate for more than three years. 'He started dozens of bogus accounts on every social networking site you can imagine," he said. "He's used those to contact my family, my friends and my schoolmates."

This isn't an isolated case, Working to Halt Abuse Online worked on 349 cases of cyberstalkig in 2010 - http://www.haltabuse.org/resources/stats/index.shtml

To be honest, I think that this figure is well below what that actual figure of cyberstalking cases is....

120 views - Shocking statistics about Cyber-Bullying

 Anti Bullying Alliance (ABA) survey revealed the following:

• One in five (20.5%) of students aged 10-11 had been cyber bullied in the past 12 months
• 18% of the 10-11 year olds surveyed have been cyber bullied while at home.

A joint European Union/London School of Economics study published in January 2011, entitled Risks and safety on the internet: The perspective of European children, surveyed 9-16 year olds and their parents in 25 countries and found the following:

• 6% of 9-16 year olds have been sent nasty or hurtful messages online , and 3% have sent such messages to others.
• Over half of those who received bullying messages were fairly or very upset.
• One in 13 of the 15-16 year olds report receiving nasty or hurtful messages online.
• Those who have been bullied online are more likely to have been bullied on a social networking site or by instant messaging than by email, in gaming sites or chatrooms

source: - http://puresight.com/Cyberbullying/cyber-bullying-statistics.html