Tag: cyberbullying in India

About 85 percent of children in India have reported being cyberbullied, the highest in the world, according to a new survey released by global computer security firm McAfee Corp on Monday. Titled 'Cyberbullying in Plain Sight', the report is based on a 10-country survey to uncover new and "internal trends" in cyberbullying. The study noted that the number of Indian children who reported being cyberbullied was twice the international average. About 45 percent of children in India said they had cyberbullied a stranger, compared to 17 percent globally, and 48 percent said they had cyberbullied someone they knew, compared to 21 percent of children in other countries. The top three forms of cyberbullying reported in India are spreading false rumors (39 percent), exclusion from groups ...