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At school, it follows kids home, online, on their cell phones, nowhere to hide. >> people can just post things anonymously. >> its for bullies that are afraid to say it to your face. >> youre fat, you should just kill yourself. we dont need you in our school. the world would go on without you. >> reporter: other kids, bystanders, scared into silence. is there fear in talking to teachers or talking to the principal? >> yeah. >> its -- >> reporter: how so? >> you could just get called a snitch. >>...

Right of children and teens not to be persecuted or beaten up or driven to suicide merely for who they are. some of the language youre about to hear is coarser than we would normally bring you, but we made a decision to air these remarks unedited. well talk to joel burns about a cause you may see differently after you hear his story. >> i want to ask my colleagues indulgence in allowing me to use my time to talk briefly about another issue that pulls at my heart. would you go ahead and run the -...

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I want to you meet asher brown. he lived in texas. he was 13 years old. about two weeks ago he was found dead in the bottom of a closet in his home. he shot himself in the head with his stepdads gun. his parents say he had been relentlessly taunted for being small, the clothes he wore, his religion is, and the fact he was gay. phoebe prince, 15 years old, she was bullied in school and online. her suicide resulted in criminal charges against sixte teenagers. carl walker-hoover, just 11 years old....

Online, on their cell phones, nowhere to hide. >> people can just post things anonymously. >> its for bullies that are afraid to say it to your face. >> youre fat, you should just kill yourself. we dont need you in our school. the world would go on without you. >> reporter: other kids, bystanders, scared into silence. is there fear in talking to teachers or talking to the principal? >> yeah. >> its -- >> reporter: how so? >> you could just get called a snitch. >> reporter: it can actually make i...

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