This article will focus on the problem of cyberbullying-a new type of harassment that has arisen among schoolchildren and adolescents with the development of technical means, the penetration of computers and mobile phones.Its wide dissemination in schools around the world, the identification of factors, prerequisites, causes and threats that negatively affect children of different ages, attention is paid to the mechanisms of child sacrifice. Foreign practices and the main directions of prevention in the fight against cyberbullying are highlighted, the occurrence of negative social behavioral and psychological factors in adolescents is considered. The forms of cyberbullying and the most important components of child victimization in the school environment are also determined.