60% of Kids Using the Internet are Cyberbullying Victims

By Chatrooms.NET - 2009-11-16

Windows Live Messenger and social network site Bebo are the top places for cyberbullies, according to a charity outfit called Beat Bullying.

Up to 340,000 children are being bullied online, with two-thirds of all 11 to 18 year-olds admitting they have experienced some sort of bullying on the web. Some kids even received death threats when using social networking and other websites.

Fully 58 per cent of victims of cyberbullies were using the Windows Live Messenger service, with 32 per cent bullied while logged on to Bebo. According to the charity Bebo is often called the nickname ‘Bullybo' among many young people.

Social networking site seemed to be the biggest forums for bullying, with 11 per cent of young people bullied over Facebook and 10 per cent over MySpace.

As with the old school bullies of yesteryear, Beatbullying said it is the children with special educational needs and those who get free school meals who bear the brunt of cyberbullying.

Beatbullying chief executive, Emma-Jane Cross said that online bullying could have tragic consequences, "In the past year alone, we've witnessed tragic suicides resulting from relentless online hate campaigns," she said in a statement.

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