2. SPAIN VERSUS UNITED STATES SARA, BRITTANY, TAYLOR AND DYLAN PERS 2730 DR. TILLMAN

3. INTERNET USERS There are almost 30 million Internet users in Spain, while there is over 230 million in the USA. In Alaska, 84% of the population uses the internet, which is around 600,000 people. However, 77% of the Georgia population uses the internet, which is equal to almost 7.5 million people.

4. Spain v US 62% of Spanish population uses internet 77% Of US population uses face Georgia v Alaska 84% of Alaska population uses internet 77% of Georgia population uses internet INTERNET USERS CONT. 62% of the Spanish population uses the internet; which makes it the 6 th on the top 10 countries in Europe to use the internet.

5. CYBER-BULLYING AND STALKING RESEARCH BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA (UV) IN SPAIN, BASED ON A STUDY CARRIED OUT IN THE REGION, SHOWS THAT BETWEEN 25 PERCENT AND 29 PERCENT OF ALL TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN BULLIED VIA THEIR MOBILE PHONE OR THE INTERNET. HOW CYBER-BULLYING VICTIMS FELT

6. As a result of the concern in Spain about this issue, and the success of the anti-anorexia helpline, a new anti-bullying helpline has been created by Protegeles and presented at a press conference with the Spanish Ombudsman for Children. Provide psychological attention to children and adolescents who are suffering a low or intermediate level of bullying (which accounts for most cases) Act as an intermediary between parents, schools and public institutions in the most severe cases of bullying. Give an effective response to cyber-bullying or bullying on the internet. SPAIN OFFERS SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF ONLINE BULLYING

7. Alaska Stats Victims 10,821 Victims/Bullies 2,258 Bullies 10,320 Total est. involved in bullying 23,399 Georgia Stats Victims 118,975 Victims/Bullies 24,835 Bullies 113,484 Total est. involved in bullying 23,346 BULLYING IN THE STATES

8. US GENERAL INFO Total Facebook Users: 176,668,040 Position in the list: 1 Penetration of population: 56.95% Penetration of online population: 73.85% SPAIN GENERAL INFO Total Facebook Users: 15,947,640 Position in the list: 15 Penetration of population: 34.29% Penetration of online population: 54.81% SOCIAL MEDIA

9. SOCIAL MEDIA IN SPAIN Tuenti is a Spanish, invitation-only social networking site. The name comes from "tu enti[dad], which translates to your identity. The site is targeted at the Spanish audience, and is currently accessible only to those who have been invited. Tuenti features many tools common to social-networking sites. It allows users to set up a profile, upload photos, link videos, a chat application and such. Many other utilities, such as the ability to create events, are also offered. Unlike similar social networking sites Tuenti doesn’t have advertisements and pop-up.

10. GA Social Networking Facebook Accounts: 5,385,320 Facebook users as of March 31/11, 54.2% penetration rate. Alaska Social Networking Facebook Accounts: 385,340 Facebook users as of March 31/11 54.6% penetration rate SOCIAL MEDIA HERE IN THE STATES Georgia has almost 13X the amount of Facebook users as Alaska.

11. TUENTI VS FACEBOOK

12. CENSORSHIP OF INTERNET If we look at internet censorship in Spain, we can see that Spain is only slightly less free than the U.S. The laws that deal with the freedom of information are lax. However there are some differences between the two countries. Spain, like the U.S., does not heavily censor Email Search engines Sexual images Non terroristic criticism of the government The major difference in the amount of freedom in the U.S. and Spain is the existence of the Sinde law.

13. RESTRAINTS ON INTERNET

14. WORK CITED http://www.internetworldstats.com/unitedstates.htm http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16391727 http://infojustice.org/archives/6820 http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs181/projects/international-freedom- of-info/images/map.png http://old.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/1105/es.htm http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/12/15/cyber-bullying-of-teens-not-just-a-u-s- issue/21826.html http://www.bullypolice.org/BullyingNumbers.pdf