The fight against cyberbullying in China and Ireland

After the suicide of a schoolgirl, Lindsay, victim of harassment in college and on social networks, the government promises a major prevention campaign against school harassment and cyberbullying. And this, from the start of the school year. A scourge that knows no borders.

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In China, the authorities have decided to toughen the tone against cyberbullying. Chinese police and justice have just presented a new project to deal with a phenomenon that is gaining momentum on social networks. The main judicial and police authorities have just presented new proposals to better sanction all those who use the Net to spread rumors, belittle people, damage their reputation. In the most serious cases, Internet users who violently attack people online and who disclose their private life will now be held criminally responsible. A sentence has also been created, which can go up to three years in prison.

In Ireland, the fight of a mother after the suicide of her harassed daughter could also give rise to a great advance. The young woman was 21 years old. Her name was Nicole Fox, or Coco for those who knew her well, she came from Dublin and killed herself in 2018, after being physically abused, but also virtually on the Internet. Ireland passed the Coco Act in 2021, which provides for up to seven years in prison for anyone who distributes or publishes intimate images of a person without their consent.