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France admits 'failures' in measures to prevent bullying, suicides among teenagers

With many teens constantly on their smartphones, online harassment and bullying is seen as a major problem. AFP/File

The French government has admitted that France is not up to the task in addressing school bullying, after the revelation that local education authorities sent a threatening letter to the parents of a boy who died by suicide after complaining of being bullied.

The 15-year-old boy, named as Nicolas, killed himself on 5 September, the day after children went back to school across France following the summer break.

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