Cyberbullying, Verification Issues Plague Schools' Social Media

(From K-12 Dive) Students aren't the only ones experiencing cyberbullying. Half of K-12 school leaders (51%) say they’ve seen mock social media accounts appear with a school's logo or branding, according to the survey of 296 K-12 leaders from National School Public Relations Association and the Consortium of School Networking. Nearly half (45%) said they have struggled to get social media platforms to remove reported accounts or comments bullying students. With social media verification a potential tool for handling cyberbullying, Twitter has said it is working to create a process to allow federally recognized K-12 institutions to verify their official social media accounts.

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