This week is anti-bullying week, a campaign now in its sixth year, run by The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA). This year's campaign takes place until 20 November and the theme is ‘cyberbullying.'

Cyber bullying is when an individual becomes the subject of taunts and bullying which takes place on text or social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and MSN messenger.

Here are seven tips, released by The Anti-Bullying Alliance on how to stay bully proof you're online.

• Don't give out personal details such as your mobile number, address or email online
• Regularly check and clean your ‘friends' lists on social networking sites
• Keep evidence - callers and mailers can be traced
• Find the ‘report abuse' or ‘block sender' options on your favourite websites
• Remember that sites you've created and emails you've sent can be traced back to you months or years later
• Protect your password to keep your files and information safe
• If you are being bullied in any way you must tell someone who can help - a teacher, parent/carer, friend, sister/brother or other relative.

The BBC have also released a video called Bullyproof Yourself which sees celebrities such as singer and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole, Alesha Dixon and The Saturdays, give advice on how to deal with bullying.

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STOP BULLYING
written by Louise weir , November 18, 2009

I personally think that bullying is HORRIBLE and it's soooooooo not cool so if someone is bullying you go and tell the teacher or one of your friends.

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written by roxy , January 13, 2010

stand up to bully

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