Related News: Classes teach students to avoid cyberbullying

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Enterprise Ledger published an article titled Classes teach students to avoid cyberbullying.

EHS Assistant Principal Ricky Britt said he participated in an internet safety course last summer that detailed laws and acts enacted in recent years to protect children when they’re online. As part of these measures, schools have been asked to help educate students about cyberbullying — using technology, often social media sites like Facebook, to publicly humiliate, harass or threaten someone.

“Cyberbullying in this day and time is getting to be worse,” Britt said. “A lot of the incidents are just not surfacing.”

Source: The Enterprise Ledger

Related News: Cyberbullying reported in Macon County

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Cyberbullying reported in Macon County.

The Montgomery news station spoke with the mother of a ninth-grade student at Booker T. Washington school in Tuskegee. According to the report, Patricia Borum said someone sent her daughter a message on a social networking site threatening to “murk” — a slang term for murder — the girl after a series of face-to-face altercations days before.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Ex-pastor sentenced in Alabama child porn case

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Ex-pastor sentenced in Alabama child porn case.

Cannon pleaded guilty in April to possession and distribution of child pornography. He admitted he posted child pornography on various Facebook profiles, using his own and fake names. Court records indicated that Cannon used 13 phony accounts.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Dothan man arrested for raping victim at knifepoint in Enterprise

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Dothan man arrested for raping victim at knifepoint in Enterprise.

The victim in the case stated she met Mueller online through a social media website. She admitted to giving Mueller her address during an online conversation.

Source: WSFA