'One in seven' teachers a victim of cyber-bullying [timesonline.co.uk]
- Published: 30 March 2010
Pupils are targeting teachers with smear campaigns on the internet according to figures which indicate that one in seven has been the victim of cyber-bullying.
Children set up fake profiles on social networking sites posing as their teachers and making damaging claims about their sex lives, members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) said.
A survey by the ATL of 630 members indicates that 41 per cent are in contact with pupils over Facebook. A further 15 per cent have had abusive messages from students, parents, or “groups” set up to target them or been made to look ridiculous in doctored photographs and videos hosted on the internet.
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