From the, this can hardly be a shocking development but is still sad department:

This is London reports that a five-year study of over 15,000 kids ages 11 to 13 has found that over 20% of girls and 10% of boys were victims of cyberbullying in 2006.

More than one in every eight children has been bullied by email or text message, psychologists have claimed.

The phenomenon – dubbed ‘cyber-bullying’ – is becoming more common, with girls most likely to be targeted.

A five-year survey of almost 15,227 children aged 11 to 13 found a steady increase in the number receiving nasty or threatening emails and texts.

Twenty-one per cent of girls were victims of cyber-bullying last year, while ten per cent of boys were victimised.

Source: http://www.bloggersblog.com/cgi-bin/bloggersblog.pl?bblog=324071