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	Readers' comments: "A good school will not allow bullying to take root. Everyone must know the serious consequences of bullying others." "I think teachers today only care for good results and not the good student."

» The Victims: Students & teens		» The Victims: Teachers

Teacher mocks 'poor' essays by pupils in blog Relief teacher had posted excerpts of his primary three children online, saying that they were 'ridiculous' and a 'source of entertainment'. Caught in Web of menace Singapore has the second highest number of cyber-bullying cases after the US, says new survey. -ST "Pay us or we'll post video" Police probe "happy slapping" extortion attempt at a secondary school in Singapore. Why post online if you can't take flamings? 18-year-old Singaporean student became the target of flaming after she put photos of herself on her blog. MySpace hoaxer could face charges Thirteen-year-old Megan Meier killed herself after she received cruel messages from a friend she met on the social networking site. Armed, online and dangerous Teenagers are increasingly using the internet to hurt others for fun and attention, turning web tools into weapons of mass communication.		Target teacher Students film teacher and post clips on YouTube. Has her privacy been breached? Schools act against students for flaming' teachers on blogs Five Singaporean junior college students were punished for posting offensive remarks about two teachers and a vice-principal online. Playing with fire At least seven secondary schools have asked students who criticise or insult their teachers online to remove the offending remarks.


» The Victims: Firms		» The Victims: Others
MOST HATED MOST WANTED Odex company director Stephen Sing finds himself on the receiving end of online lynching. Online lynch mob Netizens are waging a high-tech war against Odex. Online lynching: What's a firm to do? A virtual lynch mob will stop at nothing in trying to destroy a business.		Revenge of the online bullies She had to suffer cyber harassment just because she dared to give an opposing opinion in an online forum. -TNP Online assault costs him job and home After his girlfriend died, rumours spread fast that he had attacked her and her mother, forced girlfriend to abort his child. -TNP Cyber abuse gets worse in highly wired South Korea Gossiping netizens claimed Korean actress Kim Tae Hee had an abortion when she actually went to America to study English. S'pore Netizen fury over YouTube video What the Englishman and two of his fellow tourists thought would make a funny video now have them labelled as bullies. Brit tourist who mocked S'pore trishaw man apologises on Net The three visitors were slammed on the Internet for mocking the 67-year-old rider during a trip here. 'They made my Dad look like a beggar' Trishaw rider's son said the part that hit him most was when he watched his father stretch out his hand to ask the men for his fare.

» Beating
cyber bullies

5 steps to beating cyber bullying
Often, bullies are people who are trying to seek attention. Here are 5 ways to make them stop. -AsiaOne

Taunting tactics
Some of the most common tactics that cyber-bullies use. -ST

Face off when online, no face when offline?
The Odex saga has shown that there are ways to track down those who skulk behind their screens.

Keep Net bullies at bay
Secondary school students create a book to educate their younger peers about the dangers of cyber bullying and the internet.

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