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CYBERBULLYING AMONG TEENAGERS: LEGAL REMEDIES AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

Vaishnavi Saxena, B. Com LL. B, 10th Semester, Student at Amity Law School, Amity University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (India)

The rapid spread of the Internet and digital technologies has spawned the ubiquitous phenomenon of cyberbullying, and teens make up a highly susceptible group of people. Teenagers as heavy users of social networking sites, instant messaging users, and online gaming platforms are increasingly exposed to online interactions that have the potential of perpetrating harassment, threats and abuse. Considering the fact that cyberbullying does not adhere to the traditional patterns of bullying, it operates across space and timelines, allowing sustained victimization, and, frequently, without responsibility or anonymity. The paper is a critical analysis of the concept of cyberbullying among teenagers, its nature, core reasons and various forms. It also addresses substantial effects of the social, psychological, and educational impacts suffered by the victims such as emotional distress, poor academic achievement, and social isolation. The paper also assesses the sufficiency of the current legal system in India, the Information Technology Act, 2000, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly IPC), and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, to address the issue of cyberbullying harms. It examines how judiciary, the law enforcement agencies, the schools, parents, and the intermediaries involved in social media can and should prevent and deal with such behavior. The paper has taken a doctrinal and analytical approach as it points out and existing legal responses, which are overly dependent on traditional penal provisions that are not well-equipped to deal with the technological challenges of cyberbullying. Even though cyberbullying is becoming recognized as a socio-legal problem, a number of gaps in literature have yet to be filled out, specifically in constitutional discourse, child-identity-driven models, and statistical evidence, and should be tackled in one large comprehension of rights.

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Research Paper LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research (LIJDLR), Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 2666–2690.
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