Hundreds of thousands of young people are being subjected to cyberbullying, with many being victimised for a year or more, new research suggests.
The Beatbullying study, based on a survey of 4,605 children and young people in the UK, found that just over one in four (28%) 11-16-year-olds say they have been the victim of cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying is the bullying of another person through technology, such as mobile phones or the internet.
In more than a quarter of cases, the individual concerned was continuously targeted, suggesting that one in 13 secondary school children have faced persistent cyberbullying, the report claims.
The latest Virtual Violence II study says that with around 4.38 million secondary-aged children in the UK, it means that around 350,222 children have been the victim of persistent cyberbullying.
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