Girls in Northern Ireland are more likely than boys to experience cyber-bullying, new research suggests.
The EU-funded Blurred Lives project studied how young people between the ages of 14 and 16 experienced and responded to cyber-bullying.
More than one in five children (22%) in the study said they recently had nasty or unpleasant experiences online.
But most children who took part said they had never experienced or witnessed cyber-bullying.
More than a quarter of girls who took part in the study (27%) said they had recently experienced cyber-bullying compared to 17% of boys.
The findings were based on detailed responses from 525 schoolchildren in Northern Ireland.
Some reported they had been told to kill themselves or cut their wrists.
Others said they been mocked about their appearance or sent nude pictures.
Just over one in 10 (11%) said they had done something nasty or unpleasant online to someone else.
‘Own smartphone’
The most common type of cyber-bullying was “mean things” said online.
Other children reported rumours spread about them online ... Read even more
