Cyberbullying is bullying that occurs via technology or the Internet. Industry forum Communications and Multimedia Content Forum (CMCF) outlined six types of cyberbullying —...
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Cyberbullying and hate speech can coincide if the words used were targeted on the grounds of gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or other protected characteristics of the person.This issue gained public attention after 29-year-old female TikTok influencer Rajeswary Appahu, known as Esha, committed suicide due to cyberbullying, at the People’s Housing Programme in Gombak Setia on July 5.
“There is no universal definition but generally it can be understood as any deliberate action by individuals or entities through digital communication with the intent to cause anxiety, physical, psychological, economic, or academic harm to the victim,” she explained. Mediha Mahmood, the chief executive of the industry forum Communications and Multimedia Content Forum , outlined six types of cyberbullying:Posting inflammatory or hateful messages to provoke or upset others is considered trolling. An example would be someone posting sensitive and mocking comments, deliberately trying to trigger emotional reactions at a mental health forum.
“If the attack’s intention is only to harass or silence, without targeting the persons based on these protected characteristics, then we wouldn’t call it hate speech but online harassment,” Nalini said.
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