2010 X-Factor finalist Cher Lloyd has spoken up about her experiences of online bullying since being in the public eye. The ‘Swagger Jagger’ singer’s comments come after she received a ‘tweet’ which threatened to kill her mother in front of her. Cher has since spoken to BBC Newsbeat about how she feels it is disgusting read more »

MPs have been advised that social networking sites should begin making it much easier for users to report serious online abuse. It has been revealed that the majority of British cyberstalking victims are harassed on social networking sites such as Facebook as opposed to through emails and text messages. 365 British victims took part in read more »

Today is Safer Internet Day, an event organised each year in February to promote the safe and responsible use of technology in children and young people around the world. In 2010 Safer Internet Day was celebrated through over 500 events in 65 countries all over the world in a bid to help keep children and read more »

This year whilst many of us were enjoying Christmas with our families, Childline took calls, texts and emails from 1,005 young people in distress, an increase of 11% since last year. Childline Manager, Margie Rose explained that children who contacted the service this year on Christmas day did so for a variety of reasons, but read more »

Last month Counselling Directory reported on ‘The Big March’, an event which took place on Monday 15th November to kick of 2010′s Anti Bullying Week. The event saw various avatars, created by children, parents, teachers and celebrities march across partner websites for children’s right’s. The week long event which is to end tomorrow saw the read more »

According to a report from the charity Beatbullying, 70 per cent of children feel unsafe at school with as many as 17 per cent of under 14 year olds considering carrying a weapon to feel safe. Chief executive of beat bullying, Emma-Jane Cross, said:“For such a large number of our children and young people to read more »

A U.S study has found that online bullying is just as harmful, if not more so than physical beatings or name calling. Researchers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have analysed data from an international 2005/2006 study which involved 4,500 pre teens and teenagers. The participants were asked about feelings of read more »

Award-winning anti-bullying charity, Bullying UK is to close at the start of September unless it can raise £50,000. The charity, which won The Pride of Britain Award in 2005, is calling on members of the public and businesses to help them raise the much needed cash which will allow them to continue providing support to read more »