Experts blame protests, pandemic for spike in HK complaints of cyberbullying, online harassment

Victims suffer online abuse, threats and obscenities as netizens attack political rivals. Cyberbullying cases rise as Hongkongers spend more time online during pandemic. — SCMP

Dee* goes online regularly to write about everything from video games to current affairs, encouraged by the response of hundreds of followers.

But when he went to his social media page recently, after posting his views on Hong Kong’s new national security law, he was shocked by the torrent of abuse, threats and obscenities that greeted him.