Cyberbullying is an increasing problem affecting up to 50 percent of U.S. teens, with consequences that can be as bad or worse than being beaten up in a school yard, according to a Reuters report.
Whether through emails, texting, instant messaging, cell phones or Web sites, cyberbullying causes such emotional devastation that some victims have turned to suicide.
Over the last decade, 37 states have enacted legislation requiring schools to implement anti-bullying statutes.
"It is becoming something that people recognize as a significant issue as more and more students start talking about it, and unfortunately, as these extreme cases of suicide and students hurting themselves is becoming more prevalent," Dan Tarplin, the New York Educational Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), told Reuters.
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