Almost one in five kids has been bullied online
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNearly one in every five schoolchildren aged 10 to 15 have been bullied online, new figures show. Shockingly, one in 10 say they have also received a sexual message.
More than 92 percent of children go online daily, with 30% saying they use the internet "almost all the time", according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday.
The results of the 10 to 15-year-olds' Crime Survey for England and Wales also showed almost one in five children had spoken online with someone they had never met in person. READ NEXT: How one 'faulty valve' sparked a major incident in Trafford The survey, which covered the year ending March 2023, found almost 35% of children asked had experienced in-person bullying, while 19.1% said they had been bullied online.
Girls were more likely to experience online bullying, with 22.5% reporting it compared to 16% of boys, the figures showed. More than one in 10 of those who said they experienced it had received a nasty message about themselves, while 9.6% had been called names, sworn at or insulted.
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