Thousands of children are too frightened to go to school or suffer depression and even attempt suicide after being targeted by ‘cyber bullies’, according to a study.

It found 28 per cent of children aged 11 to 16 had experienced bullying on the internet or via a mobile phone.

The most common form was a malicious text (13 per cent) and around one in ten said they had received nasty comments through a social network.

More than half the incidents of ‘cyber bullying’ happen on Facebook, with the MSN messenger service the second most common platform for harassment.

via >One in four children targeted by cyber bullies with 350,000 suffering persistent torment | Mail Online.