Effective anti-cyber bullying campaigns needed

MORE than half, or 520 respondents of the UCSI Poll Research Centre survey, said they would defend victims of a cyber bully.

Of the 974 people surveyed, 50.8% of them said they would comfort victims privately; 45.1% said they will stop the act of bullying; 29.6% said they will tell their friends or parents; 13.7% said they retaliate by attacking the bully; and 12.7% said they would do nothing.Surprisingly, 0.9% of the respondents said they would join in the bullying.