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Chat Room Troublemakers

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Young adults often lack the skills to avoid and prevent bullying.

Chat rooms:

• Vague term referring to synchronous online conferencing

• ICQ, AOL, Yahoo!

• Typically, a loosely defined conversation topic

• Moderation varies by location

• Many bullies are habitual

• Frequent Racism, Sexism, other slurs