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Cyberbullying: A must-watch film for our kids

Victoria Silverman

TRAILER: Cyberbully | Channel 4

My son showed me this and it has the power to make us all think about bullying, how it starts and how to react to it. Every 13–18 year old should see it.

My son showed me this, and after the initial yawn at all the OMGs and LOLs and its seeming predictability, I realised that I was watching something with the power to make us all think about bullying and online bullying - how it starts and how to react to it.

Take a look. I think you'll agree all 13–18 year olds could do with watching this.

It's a single-location film that pulls off something rare: it makes the relentless, claustrophobic nature of online abuse feel as real on screen as it does in a teenager's bedroom.