CYBERBULLYING

Cyberbullying isn't a new thing. Nowadays it is done in the name of "Sarcasm" and "No Offence: Just for Fun". Cyberbullying risks the cybersecurity, which is the least and the hardest to provide. Cyberbullying is based upon the unfamiliarity and hatred with a particular person, community, religion, sect, color, class, race or creed. From the man-in-the-street to the well-to-do class comprising of politicians, journalists, sportsmen and renowned religious scholars, no one is spared of it. Social networking and microblogging sites, such as Facebook and Twitter respectively, play a key role in the promotion of such heinous activities. Cyberbullying attracts more and more social site users and microbloggers persuading them to post negative comments and hate speeches which are open-eyed for public. Such activities go viral and trending in a nick of time. Cyberbullying poses a major threat to the victim. It becomes very difficult for him/her to dwell in the society in a usual manner. These kinds of activities leave emotional wounds on the heart of the victim which become their 'forever scars'. In short, the society becomes a nuisance to them.

Apart from this simple form of bullying, it is also done in a more criminal manner, that is, "Cyber extortion". This is done by either hacking into someone's account and taking knowledge of their private information, or by phishing attacks. Instagram and SnapChat are more vulnerable to this. Someone's private images (unwilling to show in public) can be snapped which are uploaded by the users. Cyber extortion is also accomplished by taking snaps of the victim's private chats with his/her friend(s) done in chat rooms. They can be used to blackmail or threat the victim either for a handsome amount or any other thing they desire, and leaking it to the public in case their demand is not fulfilled.