School bullying gone viral: Wave of teenage suicides force reckoning in France

And what is being done about it? We review new measures unveiled by the French government and shock moves like the deployment of last week of police to a Paris-area classroom to cuff a suspected teen offender. 

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We also ask how educators and authorities are coping elsewhere, in a world where the bullying is now broadcast at the speed of light over social media. What should regulators do to stop the publication of poison? How do pupils themselves cope between the digital world and its real-life consequences?

Produced by Charles Wente, Rebecca Gnignati and Imen Mellaz.

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