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If anyone was wondering how seriously South Koreans take their rappers educational backgrounds, the answer is: very. A judge in South Korea has upheld the jail sentences of eight people for attempting to defame rapper Tablo on the internet by claiming he did not, as he claimed, have Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Stanford University.

Good news and bad news from the world of grade school harassment today. The good news: The dramatic uptick in cyberbullying may not be the scourge of today's youth that it is sometimes made out to be, according to a just released study. In fact, even with all their newfangled Internets and Facebooks, kids these days are still more likely to be pushed around by their peers in person than they are online. The bad news? They are still pretty likely to be bullied in the traditional manner, facing name-calling, locker stuffing, and all the other myriad pleasantries that consistently made junior high the best time of anyone's life ever.

It is impossible to use the Internet without encountering an enormous jerk. If you never have, just mosey over to the YouTube comments for any given video. The long-term repercussions of these less than pleasant interactions for everyone that uses the Internet are still unclear, but people are certainly wondering about it right now. This infographic paints something of a bleak picture, delving into the development of aggression and the surprising number of teenagers today that experience cyberbullying. Who knows what it means for the future, but it's certainly a surprising read.