Social Media Bullying Crackdown
On December - 4 - 2014
Children’s e-Safety laws target social media and cyber bullying
AUSTRALIA — The Federal Government has moved to crack down on cyber bullying with new legislation that targets social media sites and allows individual posts and offending material to be taken offline. The Parliamentary Secretary for Communications Paul Fletcher introduced the Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill 2014 to parliament today with the goal of protecting the 20 percent of 8-to-17 year olds that he said have been victims of bullying online. The bill also sets up a Children’s e-Safety Commissioner to police cyber bullying and keep social media sites in check. READ MORE HERE
Policies & Laws | StopBullying.gov
A Brief Review of State Cyberbullying Laws and Policies
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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