{"id":604,"date":"2024-04-09T03:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/topic\/cyber-bullying-responding-to-cyberbullying\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:56:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:56:24","slug":"responding-to-cyberbullying","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/topic\/cyberbullying\/responding-to-cyberbullying\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to cyberbullying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There  is at present no separate statutory law in Hong Kong which directly addresses or  governs cyberbullying . However, all bullying  activities (cyber or not) are governed by relevant legislation if they involve  criminal offences.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not to prosecute for a criminal  offence is a matter for the police to decide.   The main determining factor is  whether the evidence provides a reasonable prospect of obtaining a conviction  in a particular case. In a criminal prosecution, guilt must be proved beyond  reasonable doubt. A prosecution does not automatically result from an alleged  criminal offence.<\/p>\n<p>Civil remedies are not effective in protecting victims of cyberbullying,  except in the most exceptional cases, particularly because of the costs  involved in bringing a civil action and the practical problems faced by an  unrepresented litigant, especially if the victim is under 18 years of age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is at present no separate statutory law in Hong Kong which directly addresses or governs cyberbullying . However, all bullying activities (cyber or not) are governed by relevant legislation if they involve criminal offences. Whether or not to prosecute for a criminal offence is a matter for the police to decide. The main determining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[9],"class_list":["post-604","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-cyberbullying"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}