With the proliferation of smart phones comes the increase of strangers in the teenage online community. Now a bully can message almost anyone from their school through face book. A predator can interact with youth through a forum with a false identity. This increase in mass social interaction leads to extreme statistics on cyber bullying. 33% of teens admit to being cyber bullied in the past. The safety of our prosperity online is a growing problem and will only become worse as technology continues to connect us in more ways. Here are the few statistics of teen safety on internet.
- Smartphone’s are the most common device for cyber bullying. 80% of teens use smart phones regularly.
- 33% of kids age 12-17 are victims of cyber bullying.
- 10% of teens will report cyber bullying to their parents.
- 25% of kids say they have been bullied online more than once.
- 90% of children have witnessed social media bullying.
- 40% of kids say they hide what they are doing if parents are watching.
- 65% of cyber stalkers use social media to discover school and home information.
- 32% of teens are admitted to erasing their search history to hide websites they visited.
- 82% of cyber stalkers use social media to find out information about their victims.
- 73% of teens have social media.
- 25% of kids pretended to be online.
- 93% of adults use internet.
- One in 2o teens admitted to arranging a secret meeting with someone they met online.
