Omnipresent and Omnipotent Cyber-Bullying

Bullying is not limited to school yard or street corners anymore. Technology has pave the way to bully people in numerous ways. Now anyone can be bullied while staying at home. Only they need is a smartphone and an internet connection.

Cyber Bullying can take place in any social media, gaming messaging platforms and even in different forums and more. Any medium that allows to share information is a platform to cyber bullying.

Cyber bullying is simply using the technology to torment, threaten, humiliate or harass a target. Cyber bullies come in all shapes and sizes. Simply put that sending mean text or spreading hoaxes about a person, or posting embarrassing photos or videos of the target.

Face-to-face bullying and cyber bullying can often happen alongside each other. But cyber bullying leaves a digital footprint – a record that can prove useful and provide evidence to help stop the abuse.

All friends joke around with each other, but sometimes it’s hard to tell if someone is just having fun or trying to hurt you, especially online. Sometimes they’ll laugh it off with a “just kidding,” or “don’t take it so seriously.” 

But if you feel hurt or think others are laughing at you instead of with you, then the joke has gone too far. If it continues even after you’ve asked the person to stop and you are still feeling upset about it, then this could be bullying.

In total 20,793 interviews were conducted between March 23 – April 6, 2018, among adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada, and adults aged 16-64 in all other countries.

Of particular interest are Russia and Japan.

In both countries, parents expressed extremely high levels of confidence that their children did not experience cyberbullying of any kind.

Meanwhile, Indian parents remained among the highest to express confidence that their children were cyberbullied at least sometimes, a number that only grew from 2011 to 2018.

Across Europe and the Americas, it also appears more parents are either becoming aware of their children’s negative experiences with cyberbullying, or their children are increasingly experiencing such attacks online.