Two years after the Netherlands introduced a mobile phone ban in primary schools, online bullying among children has barely declined, according to a survey of dozens of schools by the NOS Jeugdjournaal (the Dutch public broadcaster's children's news programme). Bullying continues largely through group chats on platforms such as WhatsApp and Snapchat, with AI-manipulated images playing a growing role, and experts warn that digital harassment is more damaging than playground bullying because victims cannot escape it and harmful content can spread to thousands of people within minutes. Researchers and educators say the problem is worsening partly because schools and parents are pointing the finger at each other rather than acting together, and are calling for updated digital literacy curricula alongside more active parental monitoring of children's online lives.