Cyber violence, unlike traditional crimes, often aims at strangers so that victims face 'extremely high' costs to protect their rights, the guidelines showed, leading to consequences such as social death, insanity and suicides
The Party, State, as well as the whole political system, have strongly intervened to better protect children on the internet environment in the context of risks posed by the development of information technology and the internet.
According to the police, it received a complaint stating that the 26-year old woman Athira ended her life over the cyber bullying by her ex-boyfriend after their relationship went sour. The complaint also claimed that besides the cyber attacks, the man also released online personal chats between the two, police said. Cyber Bullying in Kerala: Woman Commits Suicide in Kottayam Over Online Harassment by Ex-Boyfriend.