Thirty-one percent of teens claim to have been...

Thirty-one percent of teens claim to have been bullied online, according to a survey released by Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Tuesday, said a Cox press release (http://bit.ly/1bMFMgK). Forty-one percent of those bullied told an adult, said the survey. The report also said that photos account for 73 percent of shared or “potentially inappropriate” content by teens, it said. Phone numbers and “curse words” are each 21 percent of shared or “potentially inappropriate” content by teens, while physical location is 19 percent, it said. Teens spend almost six hours per day online, and 83 percent access a social media site daily, it said. Eighty-four percent of parents of teens have talked to their kids about online safety, with 77 percent in the last year, it said. A total of 1,329 online interviews were done with teens ages 13-17 by U.S. Tru, the youth research arm of the international consultant The Futures Co., said a Cox spokeswoman.