A special edition of the American Journal of Adolescent Health has been published focusing on the problems of on-line harassment and bullying. The report states that about nine percent of adolescents were harassed on-line but attempts to draw a distinction between harassment and bullying, highlighting significant differences in the way online harassment is interpreted by the public and professionals. http://www.jahonline.org/article/PIIS1054139X07003631/fulltext

The BeatBullying charity in co-operation with YouTube has launched an online anti-bullying video channel. The channel will provide advice for children being bullied in a number of short videos. A moderated community will also be available for user to chat about their experiences. http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=Beatbullying

A new report by the Information Commissioners Office warns about the legacy of social networking content. The report suggests that 71% of young people would not want an employer or potential university seeing content they have posted on social networking sites, however 60% of the same group had not considered that this content may be still available online for many years to come. This is known as digital persistence. The report clearly shows a gap between young peoples ability to create online content and their understanding of the potential issues that surround it. www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/pressreleases/2007/social_networking_press_release.pdf

Advice on online safety is available from the Becta website http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=is