Cyberbullying Cases In Malaysia
1 in 5 young people globally reported having skipped school due to cyberbullying and violence.
Cyberbullying cases in malaysia. Only 2 in 7 young people in malaysia revealed they knew of a helpline to turn to if they are a victim of cyber bullying or online violence. 4 in 9 young people in malaysia said they know about private online groups that are used to bully others. Malaysia were victims of cyberbullying.
This paper attempted to compare existing laws on cyberbullying among selected asean association of southeast asian nations countries such as indonesia malaysia philippines singapore thailand and vietnam. Don t pretend you don t know there s a wide variety of bullying video clips that were circulating online including this one i just found where a boy is forced to utter. In malaysia out of the more than 5 000 respondents who joined the survey 457 or nine per cent said they had used digital platforms to harass or bully others.
The girl was constantly tormented by her peers. Find out how to stop cyberbullying in malaysia sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me that quote is a lie. Whereas in malaysia it was reported that three in 10 young people are victims of cyberbullying.
Gg also has cyberbullying programs that encourages victims to seek help from trusted adults and for students to be active witnesses in bullying cases. But insensitive words and acts cause irreversible injuries leading to something as dreadful as what happened to a 12 year old school girl from england katie webb. The number was equally high in 2012 and 2013 with 250 cases and 389 cases respectively.
The study also concluded that the level of awareness on cyberbullying awareness among parents in malaysia was low only 38 of the parents were concerned about the issue while slightly more than a quarter have talked to their children about the risks of online communication. Out of the 28 countries surveyed malaysia was ranked the second worst in asia better than india 37 per cent but worse than saudi arabia 19 per cent china 17 per cent south korea 13 per cent and japan. Nasty cuts and scars heal overtime.
A study conducted by market research firm ipsos titled malaysian and global views on bullying found that awareness of cyberbullying is increasing globally up nine percentage points in 2018 from 2011. While malaysians seem completely engrossed with the new education blueprint which will probably fail anyway no one seems to be taking an interest in the situation of bullying our schools. Based on cybersecurity malaysia s statistics cyberbullying among students occurs almost every day with 338 cases reported last year compared with 291 cases in 2014.
