Many followers who have liked and commented on the videos identify on their social media accounts that they are Canberra high schoolers in some instances they name their schools.ĭo you know more about this story? Email described the video that was made and shared of her son, who goes to a public school in Canberra. She described an emerging trend of Canberra high school students attacking one another for the sake of filming and sharing the violence on social media platforms including Instagram and Snapchat.Īccounts on the platforms call for users to upload videos of fights in Canberra, and the ABC has obtained dozens of examples of the violent and graphic footage - some of which could be verified as having happened in the ACT. She asked that her real name not be published, because her son feared he would become the target of further bullying if he was seen by other students as a "dobber".īut she made the decision to speak out after learning that the type of bullying her son had experienced was not isolated. Canberra mother Alannah* said her 14-year-old son was rattled after a video was shared of him being attacked by another student, and that the subsequent circulation of the video online added to his humiliation.