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= Cyber-bullying =


 * Cyber-bullying is the main bad side to technolagy. It is were someone sends hateful or threatening mesages to someone else who dosn't know them and can make that person very upset alot of the time. The main reason cyber-bullying can be very bad is because you don't know who is sending those mesages or why (it could be anyone).The police can get involved in the most serious of cases. In Northern California, three schools where given a servay on Cyber-bullying, and the results say 60% of the students had been Cyber-bullyed sometime in there life.**


 * Here are some facts and figures:**


 * This 2004 survey of 1,500 students between grades 4-8 reported:**
 * 42% of kids have been bullied while online. One in four have had it happen more than once.
 * 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly one in five had had it happen more than once.
 * 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mails or other messages.
 * 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than four out of ten say it has happened more than once.
 * 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.