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After a study in New York City reveal that teens in psychiatric hospital had worsened symptoms of existing depression and PTSD, Philip Harvey, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, started finding out much more. He had found that teens who had been abused in the past, emotionally or physically, were more likely to beContinue reading “Cyberbullying Can Worsen Depression And PTSD?”

Last week, I had shared about how the Asian and Chinese population was starting to get very worried about bullying toward their race amid the COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus. Unfortunately, according to a report, hateful online abuse toward the Asian and Chinese population has increased by 900%. The report stated, “Toxic tweets are usingContinue reading “Cyber Bullying for Chinese and Asian populations increasing rapidly”

Kate Chu, a mom, took to social media to show how her son has been bullied, online and in person, because of the stigma COVID-19. She stated in a Facebook group that her son was physically and verbally bullied several times. COVID-19 originated in China about 3 and a half months ago and carried aContinue reading “COVID-19 Bullying?”

Brigette Muller’s Instagram is the definition of golden hour. Seeing how often she posts; it would be near impossible for her to not receive hate. She stated that she does not get hate often but when she does, she tries to see where the hate is coming from. By this she means investigate the message.Continue reading “How do social media influencers handle bullying?”

With social media rising, cyberbullying isn’t going away. One way many platforms are trying to stop and decline the amount of cyberbullying is by recognizing offensive captions and comments. Specifically, Instagram has recently rolled out an AI feature that will notify users when a comment is offensive or potentially offensive. If users do wish toContinue reading “Social media platforms take a stance”

The effects of bullying are dangerous as we know. The states with the Best and worst effect were calculated for a few particular side effects of bullying for teens in the grades of 9th through 12th. First, Louisiana and Maryland are tied for the highest percentage of physical fights on school ground while Kansas hasContinue reading “Which state has the most bullying?”

After surveying over 10,000 British teens, it was revealed that Instagram is the worst social media site for cyberbullying. The organization that surveyed the teens, Ditch the Label, stated that, “Our theme this year was to explore the impact of technology and digital abuse upon the lives of young people.” 71% of the participants statedContinue reading “Instagram is now the worst site for Cyberbullying?”

In a case about 1 year ago, a 12-year-old girl had committed suicide by hanging herself. While her death was being investigated, they were made aware they she had possibly been cyber bullied. This caused them to look through the girl’s phone and social media accounts to see who should be held possible. This goesContinue reading “There is something you can do…”

50% of young people do not tell their parents when they are being cyberbullied. Only 1 in 10 teens tell their parent. 50% of teens also have been victims of cyberbullying. 1 in 5 teens have also sent nude pictures of themselves to others who have then posted it. On the other hand, 1 inContinue reading “Cyberbullying Statistics”

Cyberbullying has been around for longer than many may think. The first cases were discovered from suicides. The first being in 2007. This is when neighbors made a fake profile to harass a 13-year-old girl. Additionally, an 18-year-old girl killed herself after her nude photos were sent to more than 7 Ohio schools. Then, onlyContinue reading “When Did Cyberbullying Come About?”