BOB'S BLOG

June 10, 2015

Former Utah teacher’s aide get jail time for ‘sexting’ with teen student

A Former Utah teacher’s aide at a Weber County public charter school was sentenced to jail Tuesday for ‘sexting’ with a 14-year-old student. Zachary Arrington, 21, pleaded guilty in April to third-degree felony attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, third-degree felony obstructing justice and a reduced class A misdemeanor count of attempted dealing in material harmful to […]

June 05, 2015

A teenage hacker created an awful cyber bullying tool — now he’s decided to leave his life of cybercrime

The teenage hacker behind a disturbingly simple dark web malware platform has decided to leave his life of cybercrime behind him. Posted on Pastebin, the unnamed hacker wrote a mini-tome about why he has decided to stop his dark web business. The program he says he crafted was a web-based platform called Tox. Tox built personal […]

June 04, 2015

Sexting scandal: 20 students charged at New Jersey high school

A recent police investigation in New Jersey high school found that more than a dozen middle and high school students traded explicit images of female students via text messaging and social media. The prosecutor’s office in Cape May announced invasion of privacy charges against 19 juveniles and one adult, on Tuesday. The adult is an 18-year-old student. […]

June 04, 2015

A Lecturer in University of Waikato Cyber-bullied by Students

A university lecturer who claims he was cyber-bullied by students has won the right to challenge his employer for allegedly failing to tackle the problem. Simon Spacey, a senior lecturer in computer science at the University of Waikato, claims his life was made a “misery” by students who bullied and harassed him online, and that […]

May 29, 2015

TV3’s Tallafornia Star, Kelly Donegan reacts to cyberbullying on Facebook

This afternoon the independent.ie posted an article discussing TV3 Tallafornia Star’s Kelly Donegan’s dramatic transformation from ‘party girl’ to a female bodybuilder. The article focused on Kelly’s transformation from a ‘26-year-old that lacked in focus and drive’, to a 28-year-old female bodybuilder. Since leaving Tallafornia, Kelly has found a new outlet of interest, health and fitness. […]

May 27, 2015

Fat-shamed ‘Dancing Man’ gets own back at star-studded Hollywood party

A man “fat-shamed” Dancing Man on social media after a video of him dancing was posted online has got his own back by partying with celebrities in Los Angeles. Sean O’Brien was ridiculed by trolls after the video was posted on 4Chan this year. The 46-year-old financier from Liverpool attracted global support and was nicknamed […]

May 19, 2015

Global cyberbullying target of Five Eyes meeting hosted by Canada

Canada has formed an international working group with its Five Eyes intelligence allies in an attempt to combat the cross-border threats posed by global cyberbullying, Justice Minister Peter MacKay revealed Monday. MacKay said Canada hosted a meeting of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing community — which includes the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand — […]

May 19, 2015

Districts of Illinois add cyberbullying to behavior under schools’ purview

These days, what happens on the computer can ripple throughout school hallways and classrooms. It’s been coined cyberbullying, and it is now a violation of the Bullying Prevention Act and could result in bullies being asked to hand over online passwords to their social media accounts. As of Jan. 1, the Bullying Prevention Act was […]

May 19, 2015

Virginia campus uproar over ‘cyberbullying’ Yik Yak app after sex harassment, murder

Female students at a private Virginia university are filing a complaint with the US government, accusing the school of failing to protect them after they reported assault and death threats on the “cyberbully” social network Yik Yak app. A vocal member of the campus feminist group was murdered last week. At least two UK schools […]

May 19, 2015

Young people think friends are more at risk of cyberbullying

Young people are aware of the risks of cyberbullying but perceive others as being more at risk than themselves. Young women are more vulnerable to this perception than young men. This is the finding of a study by Dr Lucy Betts and Sondos Metwally from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) that will be presented as part […]