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Nairaland Users Comment Cyber Bullying Or Not? by shafshaff95(f): 4:33pm On Dec 24, 2018
Social media Harassment popularly known as cyber bully is the act of making fun of or humiliating another on social media platform. Many countries has seen the case of cyber bullying, USA alone has recorded a 45% increase in suicide as a result of cyber bullying with an average of 256 death between the year 1865 - 2017.

The most notable case of suicide by cyber bullying is the death of Megan Meier (1992–2006), age 13, an American teenager from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, who died of suicide by hanging three weeks before her fourteenth birthday. A year later, Meier's parents prompted an investigation into the matter and her suicide was attributed to cyber-bullying through the social networking website MySpace. Allegedly, individuals intended to use Meier's messages to get information about her and later humiliate her. Which prompted the United State to enact cyber bullying laws.

Nigeria is not left behind though, as the Authorities is putting their weight on making a free cyber bullying country with various arrests on cyber bullies. Nigeria though have not recorded any death attributed to cyber bullying to the best of knowledge at the of writing.
So Nairaland being the most popular forum in Africa, sometimes you see a lot of comments that could drive people crazy. It actually made me thinking if half of those kids in America are in nairaland platform how will they react to comments on their posts. putting in mind the case of Rehtaeh Parsons (1995–2013), age 17, who committed Suicide because someone called her fat when she posted a picture on Facebook.
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