Related News: N.Y. police probe possible cyberbullying after girl found hanged

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A 12-year-old girl found hanged in her home left behind a suicide note that mentioned online bullying, according to police.

Gabrielle Molina was found dead Wednesday afternoon by her family, authorities said.

In addition to interviewing Gabrielle’s friends and relatives, police took two computers from the seventh-grader’s home to investigate whether harsh online messages and other cyberbullying may have been a factor in driving the young girl to take her life, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters.

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Related News: When bullying goes high-tech

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As many as 25% of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying at some point, said Justin W. Patchin, who studies the phenomenon at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He and colleagues have conducted formal surveys of 15,000 middle and high school students throughout the United States, and found that about 10% of teens have been victims of cyberbullying in the last 30 days.

Online bullying has a lot in common with bullying in school: Both behaviors include harassment, humiliation, teasing and aggression, Patchin said. Cyberbullying presents unique challenges in the sense that the perpetrator can attempt to be anonymous, and attacks can happen at any time of day or night.

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Related News: Bullied Canadian teen leaves behind chilling YouTube video

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Her YouTube video started out innocently enough. The Canadian teen, her face obscured from the camera, held a stack of cards each filled with messages in black marker.

“I’ve decided to tell you about my never ending story,” the card in Amanda Todd’s hands read.

At this point the viewer may have no idea that they are about to be led on the most agonizing journey, one that pushed the premier of British Columbia to issue a stern warning against bullying, a journey that has birthed a Facebook page with thousands of people commenting many offering condolences.

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Related News: Prosecutors to appeal 30-day sentence in Rutgers gay bullying case

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The September 2010 death of Tyler Clementi, and Ravi’s trial this year, thrust the issue of cyberbullying and prejudices against homosexuals into the national spotlight.

Clementi, an 18-year-old freshman, plunged to his death into the Hudson River after learning Ravi had secretly spied via a webcam as Clementi kissed another man.

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Related News: Classes teach students to avoid cyberbullying

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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

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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