Parents need to be aware that Bullying has gone Hi-Tech
The presentation of the P.E.I. Home and School Federation to the P.E.I. legislature's standing committee on social development, March 9, 2006.

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Potentially anyone can be vulnerable to cyberbullying, but the most likely victims include:

• Those who are already a target of bullying in school.
• Those who are bullies in school and generate enemies who take revenge.
• Those who have difficulty making real-world friends. They open up more with online connections and mistake the Internet for a safe place.
• Those who reveal personal information online either in chats or on weblogs. Young people often disclose personal contact information and other sensitive information in profiles, web pages, weblogs and in other communications. They seem to be unaware of the public and permanent nature of disclosing personal information.

Because the Internet is accessed in the privacy of their homes, young people can mistakenly feel invisible on the Internet and have a false feeling of "you can't see me." They can be deluded to feel free and uninhibited.

Who are Cyberbullies? ll Cyberbullying is very intrusive