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"If a girl posts a mean texting remark, she doesn't have to witness the target's hurt reaction," Oliver said in a statement. "Many students post messages that they would never say in a face-to-face situation."

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Girls      Boys

I have beencyberbulliedat least once.               25%        17%

I havecyberbulliedothers.                        21%        18%

I have spreaduntrue storiesabout others through texting.      7%         6%

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A South Carolina law requires school districts to define bullying and outline policies and repercussions for the behavior, including cyber-bullying.

In Oregon, lawmakers have lined up behind a proposed bill that would require all of the state's 198 school districts to adopt policies that prohibit cyber-bullying.

If all the states did this there would be less cyberbullying.

Cyber bullyingCyber bullying

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