Barely two weeks after their arrival at college, the newcomers, the 6th graders, became the target of a campaign of insults and harassment in certain playgrounds.
Their fault?
Be born in 2010.
At the origin of the phenomenon, we have to go back several months. More precisely at the end of 2020, on social networks, in particular on the TikTok platform, where many users have started to wage a real war on the “2010s” with the hashtags “Anti2010” or “Anti2010 Brigade”. An animosity that would have taken root in the behavior of some very young followers of the Fortnite video game, who would have been guilty, in the eyes of their elders, of "not respecting the codes", decrypts Yasmine Buono, founder of Net Respect, who intervenes on the issue of Internet use among children and adolescents. “However, in the world of
gamers,
those who do not follow the unspoken rules face harassment campaigns.
It suffices for a player, a little influential, to have had problems with a youngster born in 2010 and the phenomenon has taken on a disproportionate scale, ”comments the specialist again.
Young people who have become public enemies over the months, to the point that humiliating them is now a challenge.
The hashtag # Anti2010 is spreading everywhere, accompanied by publications, some of which incite violence.
A cyberstalking that now invites itself in "real life", in college.
Crossed over at the end of class, students from a Parisian establishment confirm this.
“I was already treated in 2010 in the court, says Xavier, 11, who admits not knowing how to take it.
At his side, a comrade reacts: "To harass a child because of his year of birth, it is completely stupid".
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This Thursday evening, the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, was also moved by the situation thus reported.
“We say YES to the fellowship.
And NO to harassment.
We welcome new college students, 6th grade students.
So you too would like to # BienvenueAux2010.
And don't let anything go, ”he urges in a video posted on Twitter.
The minister also indicated that he would ask the principals "to be very attentive and to put in place the appropriate reporting and support procedures". The Public Interest Grouping Action Against Cybermalveillance was contacted for reporting the hashtag # Anti2010 to all social media platforms. This Friday, the TikTok platform banned the keywords "Anti2010" from its search bar.
