Currently, Dr. Brackett serves as a consultant to Facebook on a large-scale research project designed to both prevent and decrease online bullying.

For example, commentators claim that student blogs often include uncorrected inaccuracies of information, or can be used to instigate online bullying.

At time she has been left out and insulted by her peers, and has grown up to experience online bullying.

Worry over potential scenarios like online predators or even online bullying have parents unsure about how much they should monitor their kids' internet activities.

In February 2013, their ladies' team famously quit Facebook in a dispute over online bullying.

One study explored online bullying, and determined that 29 percent of youths experienced it.

When the online bullying was part of an orchestrated campaign that included offline offenses, nearly half of the victims found it distressing.

Nearly half of youngsters feel current attempts to prevent online bullying are inadequate.

The connection between group polarization and the Internet also has significant applications for friend groups and online bullying.

In addition they were also to investigate ways and means of "tackling problems around online bullying, safer search features, and violent video games."