WAKAYAMA (Kyodo) Wakayama Prefecture, its police and board of education will jointly start patrolling cyberspace June 9 to check messages on Web sites that could lead to bullying and other problems involving schoolchildren.
Children often exchange messages and personal information on Web sites that are not known to teachers, parents or other children. This in some cases has led to serious bullying at schools.
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