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Martin County program teaches teens to to combat online bullying

PORT SALERNO, Fla. -- Its a new day in teen bullying with social media. Recent surveys show half of teens at some point are bullies or are mean to others online. Though few act out and become violent, it can happen.

They're pushing you around, calling you bad names. Putting stuff all over the school. Would you just ignore it or would you go to somebody?

Teens learn the tools to combat bullying at the Boys and Girls Club of Martin County through SafeSpace's violence prevention series.

We want to prevent suicide, we want to prevent the bullying from happening in our communities.

Students share their stories.

Christopher Cecil/Threatened online: What the girl had posted was a little bit showing.

On a new social media site, formerly called www.myyearbook.com, now called www.meetme.com.

Christopher Cecil/Threatened online: At first it was just a comment on a picture. Just saying you cant be posting a picture like this.

Christopher Cecil says the inappropriate photo of a young female teen caused comments to get nasty then threatening.

Christopher Cecil/Threatened online: The other kid threatened to kill, or said go kill yourself. My immediate response, I was shocked. I stood up for the victim, I said hey man that's not cool. He eventually threatened to kill me and said, his exact words were I know people online that can get your address and I can go over to your house and kill you in your sleep.

Christopher reported it, it stopped.

CBS 12: How long did you let it go before you said something?

Olexa Blecha: Two weeks.

12-year-old Olexa Blecha did not.

Olexa Blecha: Pushing me, he started pushing me. Started shoving me and threatened to shove me into a locker.

The cyber-bullying became physical in real life.

Olexa Blecha: Then I told the dean or principal that he was threatening me and pushing me and he took good care of it. He stopped doing that to me so I felt more safe there.

The bottom line students here have learned...

Olexa Blecha: As soon as you get bullied you gotta tell somebody immediately so it doesn't get worse.

The program teaches teens to keep cyber bullying messages as proof that its occurring. The teens' parents may want to talk to the parents of the cyber bully. If that doesn't work try talking to to the bully's Internet or cell phone provider, and even police, especially if the messages are threatening or sexual in nature. Martin County program teaches teens to to combat online bullying

Monday, July 23 2012, 10:58 AM EDT

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