Oz state bans YouTube in schools

YouTube will be banned from Victoria's 1,600 public schools "in a bid to clamp down on cyberbullying," Australia's The Age reports. The ban followed "public outrage after a group of schoolboys filmed themselves sexually abusing and degrading a teenage girl and uploaded the video onto YouTube," according to Agence France Press. According to The Age, a teachers union official, Mary Bluett, said the ban will have little effect – that cyberbullying occurs via cellphones more than Web sites, and most schools have clear policies on mobile phone use. She added that it's more important to educate people about the effects of bullying than "trying to police the action." Victoria's Principals Association President Fred Ackerman welcomed the ban, The Age reports, but agreed that it "could only be a small part of the solution to the problem of cyberbullying."