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