Ofcom report comes amid fears over protection of children on social mediaThe bullying of young people online and in text messages has grown significantly worse in recent years, according to the UK’s media watchdog.An Ofcom report published on Tuesday found that the proportion of 12- to 15-year-olds who said they had been bullied over text messages and apps increased from only 2% in 2016 to 9% last year, while the proportion of those who reported having been bullied on social media nearly doubled from 6% to 11% in the same period. Continue reading…
Via: Young people suffer big rise in online bullying, watchdog warns
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