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Decoding the Menace of Internet Trolling: By Prof Ujjwal K Chowdhury

Jessica Laney, 16, was found hanged at her home in Hudson, Florida on a Sunday of December 2012. Friends say she suffered constant abuse from online bullies and 'was pushed to the point where she couldn't handle it anymore', which her social media notes also testify. There were nine teenage suicides in 2012 in US which were linked to cyber-bullying on social network Ask.fm. In April, 2017, Arjun Bhardwaj, a Mumbai guy, suffering from depression due to cyber-bullying, committed suicide by jumping off the Mumbai's Taj Hotel. Just before he attempted suicide, he went live on Facebook, recor | Click Here...