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First death due to bullying
A 12 year old died at Kings School in Canterbury, United Kingdom. From "bullying behavio.r" -
Bullying now includes robbery
John Jacob Brooke "J.B." Morgan suggested that the definition of bullying should also include stealing and robbery -
Definition of Bullying changes
By the end of the 1980s the meaning of bullying continues to change to include direct verbal taunting, exclusion, and the spreading of rumors. -
Federal Law passed against cyberbullying
n January 2006, the US Congress passed a law making it a federal crime to “annoy, abuse, threaten or harass” another person over the internet. -
The First Anti-Cyberbullying Legislation Passed
In August 2008, the California state legislature passed one of the first laws in the country to deal directly with cyber-bullying.
