Cyberbullying Cases In Malaysia
Her harassment continued after death.
Cyberbullying cases in malaysia. Kuala lumpur oct 27 malaysia jumped straight to sixth place in a survey measuring cyberbullying among 28 countries reaching the ignoble height on its very first attempt. Based on cybersecurity malaysia s statistics 5 cyberbullying among students occurs almost every day with 338 cases reported last year compared with 291 cases in 2014. Alexis was a high school soccer star with a college scholarship lined up and a bright future ahead.
Cyberbullying is more rampant now as it can be carried out anonymously without the bullies having to face any real consequences. Asp mahfuz abd majid from the police technology crime investigation unit confirmed this saying that the same bullying cases he saw 20 years ago are now taking place online. The sun also reported that malaysia was placed sixth among 28 countries in a survey to measure cyber bullying and is second in asia.
Bullying isn t new it s been around for a while. Computers in human behavior 46 149 157. A quick check with several secondary school students in the klang valley revealed that cyber bullying is common and has in fact been around for at least five years.
And it is growing. Bullying is a social problem that continues to hound malaysia s teenagers reported a malaysian media. Find out the signs that your child is being bullied online and how we can stop cyberbullying in malaysia.
As in amanda s case and like so many other cases facebook and other social networks enabled the bullies to continue harassing amanda even after she switched schools to a different city. However just as the number of social media users have increased over the years so too has cyber harassment. Although it s a reality facing internet users the association said that cyber harassment cases mostly go unreported as many don t want to go through the lengthy legal processes to seek redress.
According to the star bullying is so widespread amongst children in malaysia that a recent nationwide survey found that 8 out of 10 malaysian children have encountered bullying in their respective schools. Overall it can be concluded that cyberbullying incidences are still taking place even though they are not as rampant as observed among the younger users. In fact 64 of the 2 000 children below the age of 18 surveyed confided that they have participated or possibly participated in acts of bullying as reported by fmt.
Cyberbullying cases like alexis pilkington s are truly vile and for one reason. Cyberbullying among young adults in malaysia. Alexis got an account on a now defunct website called formspring me similar to ask fm.
Advanced technology has also spawned a new form of online cyber bullying phenomenon.
