ABSTRACT
Today, younger and younger users have direct access to the Internet from personal computers and mobile devices, whether at home, school or in public places. As a result, teachers, parents and others who work with children and young people face new challenges in protecting young people from harm. In recent years, a variety of programs and policies have been developed and implemented in an effort to prevent and reduce the problem of cyberbullying in the school environment. These policies and programs have highlighted the use of technology to bully, harass, and intimidate and identified this as unacceptable behaviour. While such initiatives have been helpful, many policy and practice challenges remain, given that cyberbullying can occur both at school and off school premises, as well as overlap with more traditional bullying behaviours, making cyberbullying difficult to address solely by teachers, schools or families.
