Poll reveals Thailand among top countries facing cyberbullying issue, with Thai people loving to post offensive jokes
June 17, 2016: dtac
launches the “Use Your Head – Stop Watching, Stop Sharing, Stop
Cyberbullying” campaign
to raise awareness of the online society and invite Thai people to join
people around the world and take part in the STOP CyberBullying Day,
which is an annual event held on every third Friday of June. A poll
reveals that 80% of Thai people are fun and like
to post funny stuff, which contributes to a higher rate of online
bullying in Thailand.
On-uma Rerkpattanapipat, Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Communications and Sustainability Division,
Total Access Communication PLC or dtac said, “dtac has a strong commitment to be responsible business in the society, which is currently moving to become a full digital society. dtac’s
Safe Internet project aims to educate, equip, and empower people to use
the Internet safely and responsibly as well as to encourage the society
to collectively solve the problem, especially cyberbullying, which is
now one of the world’s major issues that many countries around the world
take part in the STOP CyberBullying Day on
June 17, 2016. It was the driver for dtac to
continue the campaign against online bullying, focusing on providing
education. However, hands-on experience is better than just knowledge.
Therefore, dtac is launching the “Use Your Head –
Stop Watching, Stop Sharing,
Stop CyberBullying” campaign to encourage Thai people to seek positive
change and tackle cyberbullying, with the D-Day set on the STOP
CyberBullying Day.”
To get a clearer picture of the problem, dtac and JS100 Radio have conducted a survey of over 34,000 online users on cyberbullying and reported below interesting
statistics.
·
80% of the respondents know the word ‘CyberBullying’ and how it affects the society.
·
55%
have seen cyberbullying when someone takes photos of other people
without their knowledge, posts them online, and makes nasty comments
with friends. 19% have seen someone editing
other people’s photos and mocking them online. 15% have seen fake
profiles.
·
54%
have cyberbullied their friends for the purpose of humiliation. 26%
have made offensive comments just for fun. 20% have shared fake stories
or hoaxes, which could harm the society.
·
74% want to raise awareness against cyberbullying. 26% call for people to stop posting and sharing without fact checking.
Paramee Thongcharoen, Senior Vice President, Brand Communication of
dtac, said, “The ‘Use Your Head – Stop
Watching, Stop Sharing, Stop CyberBullying’ campaign is an online
campaign that invites people to help tackle the cyberbullying issue. dtac
has created a short film to illustrate how the online world affects
people’s
lives more than you can ever imagine. This ‘choose-your-own-ending’
film, directed by award winner Nawapol Ter Thamrongrattanarit, is based
on true stories and reflects real behaviors of online users who just
post and share for fun. The film encourages people
to use their head to think before posting, sharing, and making online
comments and will be released on Stop CyberBullying Day on all social
networks. Everyone can take part in this campaign by adding
‘STOPCyberBullying’ frame to their Facebook profile picture
and add hashtag #STOPCyberBullying.”
“Additionally, dtac will organize workshops with primary, secondary, and high-school students and parents and by the end of the year will launch
Chat Line as an information resource for the online society to help them protect themselves from cyberbullying,” said On-uma.
