Saturday, December 7, 2013

WhatsApp, a "dangerous" tool for bullying - La Vanguardia

Madrid. (EP) -. The National Police has warned about the misuse of new gadgets and communication apps like WhatsApp , Line or Snapchat as tools “dangerous “for bullying, as reported in a statement.

Police have warned that these new communication systems immediately move a fight on the playground or classrooms to digital environments. “Cyberbullying is the most powerful tool for running group bullying and manifests insulting, humiliating and cruel messages,” he underlined.

agents advise children that if they feel bullied in their school environment when attending an adult to try to put a stop to it and find solutions to the conflict.

Recently, the police have set up a mail account, seguridadescolar@policia.es to confidentially report these cases of violence. To date, since last Tuesday, have received a score of e-mails in which they have reported some bullying situations and testimonies of victims who have suffered some form of violence in their school or college in the past.

addition, new schools and associations of parents of students have requested talks specialized agents in security and safety in the school environment, adhering to more than 5,800 schools throughout Spain where the National Police is already present.

Under the slogan ‘Involved’ Police is spreading through social networking awareness messages and hand tips from the worlds of communication, television or sports involved in this campaign.

addition, during this campaign also distributed posters with the slogan “All anti-bullying ‘. that are already distributing thousands of schools across Spain.

During the past year, police in Spain received 316 complaints related to events that occurred in the school environment, including threats (63), injury (213), degradation (15) vexations (22) or abuse of work without injury (5).

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