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There are almost 30 million Internet users in Spain, while there is over 230 million in the USA.

In Alaska, 84% of the population uses the internet, which is around 600,000 people. However, 77% of the Georgia population uses the internet, which is equal

to almost 7.5 million people.

Spain v US• 62% of

Spanish population uses internet

• 77% Of US population uses face

Georgia v Alaska

• 84% of Alaska population uses internet

• 77% of Georgia population uses internet

INTERNET USERS CONT.

62% of the Spanish population uses the internet; which makes it the 6th on the top 10 countries in Europe to use

the internet.

CYBER-BULLYING AND STALKING

RESEARCH BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA (UV) IN SPAIN, BASED ON A STUDY CARRIED

OUT IN THE REGION, SHOWS THAT BETWEEN 25 PERCENT AND 29 PERCENT OF ALL TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN BULLIED VIA THEIR MOBILE PHONE

OR THE INTERNET.

HOW CYBER-BULLYING VICTIMS FELT

• As a result of the concern in Spain about this issue, and the success of the anti-anorexia helpline, a new anti-bullying helpline has been created by Protegeles and presented at a press conference with the Spanish Ombudsman for Children.

• Provide psychological attention to children and adolescents who are suffering a low or intermediate level of bullying (which accounts for most cases)

• Act as an intermediary between parents, schools and public institutions in the most severe cases of bullying. 

• Give an effective response to cyber-bullying or bullying on the internet.

SPAIN OFFERS SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF ONLINE BULLYING

Alaska Stats• Victims

10,821• Victims/Bullies

2,258• Bullies

10,320Total est. involved

in bullying 23,399

Georgia Stats• Victims

118,975• Victims/Bullies

24,835• Bullies

113,484Total est. involved in bullying 23,346

BULLYING IN THE STATES

US GENERAL INFO• Total Facebook

Users:176,668,040 • Position in the list:

1• Penetration of population:

56.95% • Penetration of online

population:

73.85%

SPAIN GENERAL INFO• Total Facebook Users:

15,947,640 • Position in the list:

15• Penetration of population:

34.29% • Penetration of online

population:54.81%

SOCIAL MEDIA

SOCIAL MEDIA IN SPAIN• Tuenti is a Spanish, invitation-only social networking site.• The name comes from "tu enti[dad], which translates to

your identity. • The site is targeted at the Spanish audience, and is

currently accessible only to those who have been invited.• Tuenti features many tools common to social-networking

sites. It allows users to set up a profile, upload photos, link videos, a chat application and such.

• Many other utilities, such as the ability to create events, are also offered.

• Unlike similar social networking sites Tuenti doesn’t have advertisements and pop-up.

GA Social Networking

Facebook Accounts:5,385,320 Facebook users as of March 31/11,54.2% penetration rate.

Alaska Social Networking

Facebook Accounts:385,340 Facebook users as of March 31/1154.6% penetration rate

SOCIAL MEDIA HERE IN THE STATES

Georgia has almost 13X the amount of Facebook users as Alaska.

TUENTI VS FACEBOOK

CENSORSHIP OF INTERNET • If we look at internet censorship in Spain, we can see

that Spain is only slightly less free than the U.S. • The laws that deal with the freedom of information

are lax. However there are some differences between the two countries.

• Spain, like the U.S., does not heavily censor• Email• Search engines• Sexual images• Non terroristic criticism of the government

• The major difference in the amount of freedom in the U.S. and Spain is the existence of the Sinde law.

RESTRAINTS ON INTERNET

WORK CITED http://www.internetworldstats.com/unitedstates.htm http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16391727http://infojustice.org/archives/6820http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs181/projects/international-freedom-of-info/images/map.pnghttp://old.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/1105/

es.htmhttp://psychcentral.com/news/2010/12/15/cyber-bullying-of-teens-not-just-a-u-s-issue/21826.

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http://www.bullypolice.org/BullyingNumbers.pdf