All of us can relate to seeing or being shown a comedic picture with a funny caption on a social media website such as Facebook and pressing the like button, as we chuckle to ourselves. But do we ever stop to think that this picture may be the cause of great mental distress to an individual? And that the action of us liking the picture supports their humiliation? As technology becomes a major part of the lives of Sri Lankans and many of them begin to gain access to social media: the practice of using such social media platforms to display one’s personal life to the outside world has become increasingly common. These factors have led to the addition of another issue to our country’s growing list of burning issues; cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is defined as the bullying of an individual over electronic media. This includes the harassment of a person using social media and similar means. There are a few Sri Lankan social media pages who are so called “comedy pages”, that use humi...
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