 Do you know that India as a country stands third in cyberbullying? Do you know that in India one in four adolescents have seen a mocked image or a video of themselves and 50% of these were not reported to the police? Do you know that a total of 37% of parents across India, which is highest in the world, said their child was bullied online, with 14% of the total saying that bullying occurred on a regular basis? Well, I, Hemant Batra, public policy tutor and talker shall be talking, revealing something very important about cyberbullying and harassment. So keep watching this video. Do you know that globally, on an average over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online? About the same number have engaged in cyberbullying. Do you know that more than one in three young people have experienced cyber threats online? Do you know that over 25% of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through the cell phones or the internet? And shockingly, over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyberbullying occurs. All across the world, over 80% of teens use mobile phones regularly, thereby making cell phones as the most common form of technology and a medium for cyberbullying. What is cyberbullying or cyber harassment? Well, as the name suggests, it is a kind of bullying, harassment, intimidation or stalking using electronic means, including online bullying through social media or messaging apps or software. It has become more and more common, notably among teenagers, as the digital domain and field has expanded enormously with the advanced technology. Cyberbullying takes place when a person, more often, as I mentioned, a teenager bullies, intimidates or harasses on the internet any specific individual or generally anybody, particularly on social media sites. Serious and harmful bullying behavior which can lead to criminal consequences can include posting rumours, threats, sexual remarks, a victim's personal information or morphed images or derogatory labels including hate speech. The sad and tragic consequence of cyberbullying on the victims could be that these victims may experience depression, increased suicidal tendencies, lower self-esteem and a range of negative emotional responses including being and feeling nervous, anxious, sleepless, worried, distressed, frustrated, outraged, angry, miserable and so on. Internet trawling is a common form of bullying that takes place in an online community in order to provoke an extreme reaction or it could well be for sadistic pleasure. In some cases, cyberstalking which is another kind of bullying or harassment by using electronic communication to stalk a victim may actually present a plausible and real threat to the victim's safety, life and liberty. Children in India reported the third highest online bullying rate after China and Singapore. All the 25 countries surveyed under a commission project by Microsoft Corporation to understand the global persuasiveness of online bullying. Although in India there is no specific law which focuses on cyberbullying, there are adequate provisions in three statutes which treated as a serious criminal offence. For instance, under Indian Penal Code, there are sections like section 499 for defamation and section 292A dealing with printing grossly indecent matter intended for blackmail, section 354A regarding sexual harassment, section 354D about stalking, section 507 dealing with criminal intimidation by anonymous communication and section 509 which deals with expressions intended to insult the modesty of a woman. Under the Information Technology Act, section 67A dealing with publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form and publishing or transmitting material containing the sexually explicit act etc. in electronic form. Even in section 66E, there are certain provisions dealing with violation of privacy which could well be invoked. Finally, there is a newer law named the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 which is known in short form as POXO Act. It protects children below the age of 18 years from any form of sexual harassment, sexual assault and pornography that includes cyberbullying as well. I must remind you that in India the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of Home Affairs have launched dedicated helplines and portals for reporting crimes against women and children including cybercrimes. So you may like to visit cybercrime.gov.in to report cyberbullying online harassment and cyberdeformation particularly against women and children. That is all for today, hope to see you again next time and I am sure you would have gained some insight out of this video today which is an extremely important topic. Please feel free to comment on this video and do not forget to subscribe to this channel. Thank you and see you next time. Bye for now.