Children aged 7 subjected to cyber-bullying

CHILDREN as young as seven are being bullied on social networking sites and mobile phones, an expert warned yesterday.

Primary school pupils are falling victim to cyber-bullying as the age of children using Facebook, Bebo and mobile phones falls.

Chief executive of the National Parents Council Primary, Aine Lynch, said that while cyber-bullying is mainly a problem among teenagers, children as young as seven being bullied via technology.