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  • 35% of Canadian adolescents experience bullying.
  • 47% of Canadian parents believe their child is being bullied.
  • 20% of US students aged 12 to 18 experienced bullying.
  • 7% of Canadians experience cyberbullying.
  • 89% of Canadian teachers believe cyberbullying is the number one safety issue in public schools.
  • Cyberbullying has eight main forms.

NEWS

FEB 28, 2023

Sextortion may have played role in 14-year-old B.C. hockey player’s suicide

Global News has learned more about the death of a young teenager that has stunned B.C.'s minor hockey community. Rumina Daya has the latest on a promising young athlete and why he may have ended his life...

OCT 13, 2022

Defence in Amanda Todd sextortion case now seeks 2 year sentence, down from

Defence in the trial of the Dutch man who harassed B.C. teenager Amanda Todd online, before she took her own life, is asking for a significantly shorter sentence than the Crown wants. Rumina Daya reports...

JUL 7, 2022

Police warn sextortion cases are on the rise among kids

Peterborough Police have seen an uptick in cases this year especially in young people — even kids...

JUL 5, 2022

Friend of Amanda Todd testifies he reported explicit photo on Facebook to police

A friend of Amanda Todd testified at the trial of her accused online tormenter Tuesday that she called police after finding a topless photo of the teenage girl online. Aydin Coban, a citizen of the Netherlands, is accused of harassing and extorting Todd before she took her own life in 2012, using nearly two dozen online accounts...

JUN 13, 2022

Dutch police officer flown to B.C. to testify in Amanda Todd ‘sextortion’ trial

The trial of a Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting B.C. teen Amanda Todd heard Monday from a police officer who flew in from the Netherlands. Lt. Erik Verstraten was part of a raid involving 10 officers with the Dutch National Police at a vacation home in a bungalow park in Oisterwijk in January 2014, 15 months after Todd’s death...

JUN 7, 2022

‘I heard a shriek’: Amanda Todd’s mother tells B.C. trial about ‘sextortion’ incident

“Mom, what are we going to do, why is this happening?” was Amanda’s response, Carol testified. “She was afraid again of what it would be like going back to school, so she was distressed. And I was distressed with her.”...

MAR 30, 2022

The ‘Star Wars Kid’ breaks his silence in new documentary

The video was shared around the world. Viewed over a billion times. It has been called the first ever viral video — a young teen swinging a golf ball retriever — pretending it was a lightsaber. The boy was branded the “Star Wars Kid.”...

FEB 16, 2022

Saskatchewan schools celebrate Pink Shirt Day ahead of February break

Students and staff at Saskatchewan schools celebrated Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday. Pink Shirt Day started in 2007 in Nova Scotia when two students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, noticed a Grade 9 boy being bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school...

MAR 15, 2022

Cheerleader’s mom charged in deepfake plot against rival teens

A Pennsylvania mom faces multiple charges for allegedly making fake photos and videos of teen girls on her daughter’s cheerleading squad...

JUN 14, 2022

Japan passes bill making ‘online insults’ punishable by one year in jail

In an attempt to quell public concern about cyberbullying, Japan has passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment...

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