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A BBC (England) report of a study about bullying indicates that electronic means are being used by children to intimidate other children. It’s not just a U.S. problem, no? And folks wonder where captors—of whatever nationality or ethnicity—get the idea to intimidate their captives?

One in five young people has been bullied by mobile phone or via the internet, a study suggests.
The survey by the NCH children’s charity found 14% of 11 to 19-year-olds had been threatened or harassed using text messages.

Bullies had used images taken with mobile phone cameras to intimidate or embarrass one in 10 young people.

This included singling out overweight or spotty youngsters and recording and sharing acts of playground violence.

The findings follow reports of so-called “happy slapping” attacks - where assaults on children and adults are recorded on mobile phones and sent via video messaging.

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