85% of Indian children cyberbullied, highest globally: McAfee report

India also reported prominent acts of cyberbullying such as spreading false rumours at 39%, being excluded from groups and conversations at 35% and name calling at 34%

Leading amongst all other nations, 85 per cent of Indian children reported being cyberbullied as well as having cyberbullied someone else at rates well over twice the international average. According to McAfee’s 2022 Cyberbullying in Plain Sight Report, Indian children said that they’ve cyberbullied someone else at rates well over twice the international average.

According to Indian parents, 42 per cent of children have been the target of racist cyberbullying, strikingly 14 per cent higher than the rest of the world at 28 per cent. Extreme forms of cyberbullying reported besides racism include trolling (36 per cent), personal attacks (29