What is cyberbullying and why is it dangerous? In the age of social media, cyberbullying is of serious concern for youth, as traditional in person bullying has another outlet online. Online platforms such as Wikipedia were launched in 2001, Facebook in 2004 and Twitter in 2005. By 2006 Cyberbullying was described as concerning as offline bullying (Patchin and Hinduja, 2006). Cyberbullying has a more dangerous element in that it can be conducted anonymously, meaning that exposing the culprit can be challenging. The term cyberbullying refers to ‘verbal aggression, hostility, and other attempts to cause harm in online communications and encompasses