'Majority of children who are cyberbullied are targeted by someone they know'

Studies carried out by Unesco show that students who are frequently bullied are nearly three times more likely to feel like an outsider at school. File picture: PA

The majority of children who are cyberbullied are targeted by someone they know from school, as opposed to a stranger online.

That is according to Professor James O’Higgins Norman, director of the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre, and Unesco chair on tackling bullying in schools and cyberspace at Dublin City University (DCU).