Monday, November 18, 2019

Cyberbullying - Statistics

What is cyberbullying? It's been on the rise since new emerging technologies and the lack of consequences that have been involved with it. The different forms is spreading hurtful messages, spreading rumors online, pretending to be someone to be hurtful and stealing information from someone else's account in order to hurt them. The most commons places where cyberbullying takes place is over text message, social media, and email. The picture below shows where cyberbullying takes place the most:

https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/cyber-bullying-statistics
It shows that most people are bullied through instagram, which can make sense as people post pictures and can comment on any public profiles. 69% of people admitted they done something abusive to someone online.

Sadly, not many of the bullies themselves realize what they are doing wrong. Many of times, cyberbullying can lead to depression, anxiety, and even suicide. 

Some statistics on cyberbullying:

https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/cyber-bullying-statistics
The biggest effect is social anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts leading behind.