{"id":156632,"date":"2022-08-10T05:40:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/?p=156632"},"modified":"2024-07-03T01:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T08:13:35","slug":"more-dangers-of-cyberbullying-emerge-our-latest-connected-family-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/family-safety\/more-dangers-of-cyberbullying-emerge-our-latest-connected-family-report\/","title":{"rendered":"More Dangers of Cyberbullying Emerge\u2014Our Latest Connected Family Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, our global Connected Family Study<\/a> revealed the online habits of parents and their children. <\/span>What we found called for a closer look.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One finding that leaped out, in particular,\u00a0is\u2014cyberbullying occurs far more often than parents think. And in many cases, children are keeping it from their parents.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now with our follow-on research, we set out to answer many of the questions families have about cyberbullying. Where it happens most, who\u2019s most affected, and are children cyberbullying others without even knowing it?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our report, \u201cHidden in Plain Sight: More Dangers of Cyberbullying Emerge,\u201d provides insights into these questions and several more. We\u2019ll cover the top findings here in this blog, while you can get the full story by downloading the report here<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Worries about cyberbullying have only grown in 2022\u2014and they appear justified.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Even as stay-at-home mandates in 2020 and 2021 saw children exposed to more cyberbullying while they spent more time online, our ten-country survey found that concerns about cyberbullying in 2022 are even higher today:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • 60%<\/strong> of children said they were more worried this year about cyberbullying compared to last year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 74%<\/strong> of parents are more worried this year about their child being cyberbullied than last.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    And just as the level of concern is high, the findings show us why. Families reported alarming rates of racially motivated cyberbullying, along with high rates of attacks on the major social media and messaging platforms. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Additionally, children shared insights into who\u2019s doing the bullying (it\u2019s largely people who know them) and more than half are the ones doing the bullying\u2014and they don\u2019t even realize it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n