Cyberbullying Statistics and Likely Cases In The Philippines

Update 10/1/15: Bullying cases rose by 21% in Philippine Schools
Update 10/12/13: After the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013- More Needs to Be Done

We conducted an informal survey on the last quarter of 2012 to get a grasp of the Philippine cyberbullying situation. Since cyberbullying and bullying incidents remain under reported, except the group bullying that mobbed “amalayer” and “I was not informed”, we thought why not do a survey to get some facts of the day-to-day and almost ignored cyberbullying incidents. Though this is non conclusive, it gives us idea how things are on the dark alley of the cyber world where bullying and harassment takes place.

Herewith are cyberbullying statistics of the online survey we conducted:

AGE GROUP OF THOSE WHO SAID THEY ARE BULLIED:

53% Adult (18+)
47% Minor (17 and below)

SEX:

57% Female
43% Male

OBJECT OF ATTACK (Top 3)

Attack on reputation
Attack on appearance
Attack against the victims opinion

NATURE OF ATTACK (Top 3)

Spreading photoshopped image
Spreading videos that are supposedly private
Poser/ Spreading lies

PLATFORM USED (Top 3)

Facebook
Cellphone (distant second)
Blogs

SHARED THE INCIDENT WITH

Friend
Parents (distant second)
Sibling

OTHERS

79% were bullied by one person
21% were bullied by a group

The cyberbullying statistics suggests that girls are more susceptible to cyberbullying, is no respecter of age. Filipino cyber bullies appear to be creative since more than words, they use photoshopped images to hurt their victims. Others use supposed private videos as means to harass their victims. Identity theft also plays a big role on cyber harassment.

Facebook as the most popular social networking in the Philippines, is also the primary platform of bullies. And because we can easily purchase a prepaid sim card, cell phone comes second while blogs come third.

It is also interesting to note that Filipino victims are more transparent to their friends than family.

Finally, this cyberbullying statistics revealed an interesting point worthy of a separate blog post, bullied because of unpopular opinion.

To be cyber mobbed because of your opinion in a democratic space like the Philippines speaks of our democratic maturity. Free speech can indeed violate a human right. But that’s another topic altogether, until then.

Sonnie

Founder of LODI Inc. (Learning and Organization Development Institute, Inc.) and Co-Founder of Blogwatch. Mentor and Dad of 2 Gen Z Professionals.

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