Q.After a fight with your friend, you did the following activities. Which of these activities is not an example of cyber bullying?

Imagine you are walking down a school corridor and you overhear a group of people whispering, pointing, and laughing at you. You feel your face burn, your stomach drop, and you just want to disappear. Now imagine that same feeling, except it happens on your phone, on your laptop, or on a social media app — and it never stops, because the whispers are now permanent posts, the laughter is in the comments, and the corridor is the entire internet.

That is the everyday intuition behind cyberbullying. It is the use of digital technology — phones, computers, social media, messaging apps, gaming platforms — to repeatedly and intentionally harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person. The key difference from traditional bullying is that it follows you home. There is no "safe" place like your bedroom or the school bus; the bully can reach you 24/7, often anonymously.

Cyberbullying Identification is the skill of recognising when online behaviour crosses the line from a joke, a disagreement, or a prank into deliberate harm. It is not about policing every harsh word — it is about spotting a pattern of cruelty that is meant to hurt.

Here are the most common forms you should learn to identify:

• Harassment: Sending offensive, rude, or threatening messages repeatedly. This is the digital version of the corridor whisper campaign.
• Flaming: A heated, often public argument that involves personal insults and vulgar language. It is like a shouting match in a crowded hall, but everyone can see the transcript.
• Exclusion: Deliberately leaving someone out of an online group, game, or chat. It is the digital version of "you can't sit with us."
• Outing and Doxxing: Sharing someone's private information, secrets, or embarrassing photos without their consent. This is the most dangerous form because it can lead to real-world harm.
• Cyberstalking: Persistent, intense harassment that includes threats and creates fear for the victim's safety. This is the online version of being followed home.
• Fraping (Facebook Raping): Logging into someone's account and posting embarrassing content as if they wrote it themselves. It is identity theft for humiliation.
• Catfishing: Creating a fake online identity to trick someone into a relationship, then using that trust to humiliate or blackmail them. …