Half of all netizens in Indonesia victims of cyberbullying: Study

A recent study conducted by Polling Indonesia in collaboration with the Indonesian

Internet Service Providers Association (APJII) has found that nearly half of
Indonesian internet users have fallen victim to bullying on social media platforms.

The study shows that 49 percent of Indonesian netizens have been bullied on social
media. APJII secretary-general Henri Kasyfi said the data was collected through a
survey among internet users that ran from March to April. 

Most of the 5,900 people questioned said they had been ridiculed or insulted by
others in cyberspace, he said. 

“It’s quite a large demographic; 49 percent of the respondents said they’d been
bullied by other netizens, while around 47 percent said they’d never been bullied on
the internet. The rest did not respond to the survey,” Henri said on Wednesday, as
quoted by kompas.com.

He went on to say that 31.6 percent of the bullied respondents said they had never
stood up to the bullies, while 7.9 percent said they had retaliated by intimidating
the bullies. 

“We have come to learn that most of the bullied netizens never fought back,”
Henri said.

He said the majority of the country’s internet users were aged 15 to 19.
Java was the region with most netizens because of the high internet
penetration, he added. 

“Around 38.4 percent of Indonesian citizens, most of whom live in remote

and rural areas, have never experienced the internet. We expect our recent
study to serve as an evaluation basis for internet service providers in rural
regions,” Henri said

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 This article has found that nearly half of Indonesian internet users have
fallen victim to bullying on social media platforms. It’s quite a large demographic
that 49 percent of the respondents said they’d been bullied by other netizens,
while around 47 percent said they’d never been bullied on the internet. But there is
also 31.6 percent respondents that had never stood up to the bullies, while 7.9
percent said they had retaliated by intimidating the bullies. 

the article showing that the victims of cyberbullying in Indonesia has never
fought back and choose being silent. The reasons for remaining silent are diverse
and vary from person to person. But in general, bullying is scary and confusing when
it first happens. This fact leaves most people didn’t know how to handle the
situation. As a result, they keep bullying incidents to themselves while they try to
figure it out. I think it’s not right, people need to speak up about any kind bullying
that they’ve experienced. Also, people need to understand that every word that
they wrote in social media can harm people.