“YOUNG PEOPLE need to be trained to be good digital citizens to help combat cyberbullying,” Justice Frank Seepersad told students, parents and teachers at Canaan Presbyterian Primary School on February 21 to end its anti-bullying week.

Describing the internet as a new frontier for bullying, Seepersad said the practice of online taunting is now pervasive and prevalent.

"Unlike traditional bullying which often, in a school setting, when the dismissal bell rang cyberbullying is continuous and the anonymity provided by the internet often emboldens cyberbullies to mount severe and persistent attacks.