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From a study of Tech Abuse in Teen Relationships [Jan 07]:
Six Forms of Cyberbullying
1.Threats and Intimidation
2.Harrassment or Stalking
3.Vilification/Defamation
4.Ostracising/Peer-Rejecton/Exclusion
5.Publicly posting, sending or forwarding personal or private information or images
6.Manipulation

Students are increasingly facing lawsuits and expulsions for targeting their teachers online.Tech-savvy teenagers are increasingly paying a heavy price - including criminal arrest - for parodying their teachers on the Internet.\n\nTired of fat jokes and false accusations of teacher-lounge partying or worse, teachers and principals are fighting back against digital ridicule and slander by their students - often with civil lawsuits and long-term suspensions or permanent expulsions.\n\nA National School Boards Association (NSBA) study says that as many as one-third of American teens regularly post inappropriate language or manipulated images on the Web. Most online pranks deride other students. But a NSBA November 2006 survey reported 26 percent of teachers and principals being targeted.\n\n