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UNICEF finds 1-in-3 kids bullied online

Around one-in-three young people across 30 nations have been bullied online, while one-in-five have skipped school because of it, according to UNICEF.

Around one-in-three young people across 30 nations said they have been bullied online, while one-in-five reported they have skipped school because of it, according to a new poll from UNICEF.

The poll by the U.N. Children’s Fund and the United Nations special envoy on violence against children found almost three-quarters of the young people they surveyed experienced bullying most commonly on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.

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