Half of the world's kids fear Cyberbullying

According to Microsoft's Safety & Security Center, 54% of kids say they are afraid of cyberbullying.

Cyberbullying is a form of bullying online, and it usually starts with bullying that happened offline, like at school, and then continues on the internet and other related technology (Facebook, Twitter, email, text messaging, blogs, etc).

Legal definition

Cyberbullying 

• actions that use information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm another or others.
• use of communication technologies for the intention of harming another person
• use of internet service and mobile technologies such as web pages and discussion groups as well as instant messaging or SMS text messaging with the intention of harming another person.

1 out of every 4 kids worldwide say they have been cyberbullied.



Worldwide, 74% of kids say they have been bullied offline.


Here in the US, 29% of kids say they have been bullied online, but 83% say they have experienced bullying offline.