July 9, 2012

ARTICLES: Cyberbullying: Social media's darker side

India may have reason to celebrate its rising social media usage rankings, but it is yet to come to terms with its potential negatives, especially for teenagers, who form the bulk of the users in the country.

India is the third biggest Facebook market with nearly four crore, 98 lakh Facebook users according to the social media company Socialbakers. Semiocast, a social media monitoring tool, has rated India as the sixth highest user of Twitter. While globally the negative side of unmitigated use of social media is articulated, India has embraced social media without being too bothered about its possible hazards.

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