UP to August, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) received 21,580 complaints, of which 4,947 were on new media. According to the United Nations, 73 per cent of women and girls have been exposed to or have experienced some form of online violence. PeopleACT’s advocacy campaign against cyberharassment conducted a national survey from June to December last year involving 522 respondents. The survey had two purposes:LEARN about respondents’ online behaviour, how they understand online violence and how online violence affects them;IDENTIFY candidates for an extended qualitative study on online violence in Malaysia. “According to CyberSecurity Malaysia, cyberharassment covers a wide range of offensive behaviours.

Source: New Strait Times December 10, 2017 07:41 UTC