What is Cyber bullying? Cyberbullying in India -Shocking Facts #cyberbullying #itvmentortalk
Channel: MentorTalk
Date: 2020-05-27

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Do you know that India as a country stands 3rd in cyberbullying? Do you know that in India, one in four adolescents have seen a morphed image or video of themselves, and 50% of these were not reported to the police? Do you know that a total of 37% of parents across India which is highest in the world said their child was bullied online, with 14% of that total saying the bullying occurred on a regular basis? Well, I Hemant Batra public policy tutor and talker shall be talking revealing something very important about cyberbullying and harassment, so keep watching this video.
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Do you know that globally, on an average over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyberbullying? Do you know that more than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyberthreats online? Do you know that over 25 per cent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet? And shockingly over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyberbullying occurs. All across the world, over 80 per cent of teens use mobile phones regularly, thereby making cell phones as the most common form of technology and medium for cyberbullying.

What is Cyberbullying or cyber harassment? Well as the name suggests it is a kind of bullying, harassment, intimidation or stalking using electronic means including online bullying through social media or messaging apps or software. It has become more and more common, notably among teenagers, as the digital domain and field has expanded enormously with advanced technology. 

Cyberbullying takes place when a person, more often, a teenager, bullies, intimidates or harasses on the internet any specific individual or generally anybody, particularly on social media sites. Serious and harmful bullying behaviour which can lead to criminal consequences can include posting rumours, threats, sexual remarks, a victims' personal information, or morphed images or derogatory labels including hate speech. 
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The sad and tragic consequence of cyberbullying on the victims could be that these victims may experience depression, increased suicidal tendencies, lower self-esteem, and a range of negative emotional responses including being and feeling nervous, anxious, sleepless, worried, distressed, frustrated, outraged, angry, miserable and so on.

Internet trolling is a common form of bullying that takes place in an online community in order to provoke an extreme reaction or it could well be for sadistic pleasure. But in some cases Cyberstalking which is another kind of bullying or harassment by using electronic communications to stalk a victim may actually present a plausible and real threat to the victim’s safety, life and liberty.

Children in India reported the third-highest online bullying rate, after China and Singapore, among the 25 countries surveyed under a commissioned project by Microsoft Corporation to understand the global pervasiveness of online bullying. 

Although in India, there is no specific law which focuses on ‘cyber-bullying’ there are adequate provisions in three statutes, which treat it as a serious criminal offence, for instance under  Indian Penal Code (IPC) there are Sections like, Section 499: for Defamation, Section 292A: dealing with Printing, etc. of grossly indecent matter intended for blackmail, Section 354A: regarding making sexual remarks, sexual harassment, Section 354D: about Stalking, Section 507: about Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication, Section 509: expressions intended to insult the modesty of a woman

Then under the Information Technology Act, 2000, there are Section 67 and 67A dealing with: Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form, and Publishing or transmitting of material containing the sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form. Even Section 66E can be invoked as it deals with: Punishment for violation of privacy. 

Finally, there is a newer law named “The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) which protects children below the age of 18 years from any form of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and pornography that includes cyberbullying as well.
In India, the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of Home Affairs have launched dedicated helplines and portals for reporting crimes against women and children including cybercrimes. You may visit https://cybercrime.gov.in/ to report cyberbullying, online harassment, and cyber defamation, particularly against women and children. #TikTokVsYoutube