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Cyberbullying: One in two victims suffer from distribution of embarrassing photos and videos

July 25, 2012 by

Embarrassing personal photos and videos circulating in the Internet: researchers have discovered that young people who fall victim to cyberbullying or cyber harassment suffer most when fellow students make them objects of ridicule by distributing photographic material. According to an online survey, about half of the victims feel very distressed or severely distressed by this type of behavior.

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