Nowadays, technologies have evolved significantly in influencing human daily lifestyle .

It is no doubt
that most member of the society are exposed directly or indirectly with the evolving era, and
eventually promotes positive impact in everyday chores as it becomes easier and faster to solve with
the convenience of technology. In addition, distance, time and cost are much more convenient to
handle in today’s civilization compared to previous era with the help of technology. For example, it is
estimated that at least one smartphone is owned by a person, boosting the capability to
communicate through voice or video, benefitting in many aspects.

Though most users enjoy this expanding communication network technologies, there are some who
take advantage implying negativity to hurt other users emotionally and psychologically using the
world wide webs and social media platforms as new act of bullying (Kipper & Ramey, 2013). This new
trend of bullying is now known as cyber bullying because it uses the available technology and
applications intended to either insult, curse and insult other people (Rashid, 2016). At first it seems
that the situation is not that serious, but after various incidents leading to depression, lack of
confidence, extreme shame and some other major psychological issues, this act of bullying are
considered dangerous and required a great deal of scrutiny from the government

This issue of bullying continuously happens due to the behavior of today’s society in particular love
to exaggerate an issue by sharing a story or video online (Klein, 2012). This has led to the occurrence
of cyberbullying in groups and sometimes up to millions of individuals involved in a single video.
Even though the original intention is just to share the story, it can be backfired to cyberbullying
when every comments that came with the words of contempt indirectly causing embarrassment and
sadness to the individuals and families involved directly with these viral issues.

erosion of moral values in society . This aspect is often associated with attitudes and culture in a
society . The erosion of values within the members of society is at an alarming state due to the
impact of technologies . In the past, people are able to keep their word and are ashamed to say
something outrageous or deviate from society's norms, but nowadays ridicule word is cheap, words
of contempt are lightened and the tendency to respect others are a thing at the past.

Lack of legal attention toward the cyberbullying issue is also a problem the society faced today .The
government under the ministries should actively play roles in tending the problem arises from
cyberbullying as these unmoral activities happens without any borders. Reviewing the law and
legislation affecting social sites and the use of this technology to curb the evil hands of a society
should be continuously conduct to prevent the misuse of today’s technology

There are many psychological effects due to cyberbullying issues involving the victims. These effects
and consequences were thoroughly discussed in a detail manners regarding cyberbullying issues.
The first effect is the collapse of one's self-esteem. When an individual is exposed to cyber bullying,
this may directly affect the individual's dignity and may result the victim to lack in confidence when
dealing with the surrounding community that could worsen when involving personal matters. If the
victim is unable to cope with the sadness or shame surrounding them, the victim could distance
themselves from others with the feeling inappropriate for them to contact directly. From a family
standpoint, cyberbullying can affect the household of an individual, as there are certainly many
questions and answers need to explain, fight will occur, trust will be broken and a relationship can
be destroyed beyond imaginable . Another consequence from cyberbullying issue is depression.
Depression is defined as anxiety, sadness and extreme guilt that a person felt. Depression that
occurred through cyberbullying is usually fast-paced due to involvement of hundreds or thousands
of people giving negative verbal forms of speech regarding a viral issue. Hence, individual involved as
the cyberbullying victim are likely to experience depression symptoms such as sleep deprivation,
over-thinking about an issue, problems with food digestion, and frequently feeling sad. If individuals
who are the victims of these kind of bullying does not know take care of this problem, it will lead to
more serious cases such as self-harm or even suicide.

There are a number of suggestions that can be submitted in addressing cyber-bullying issue. One
important suggestion is to strengthening the role parents in educating their children. Parents should
not only educate their children using the preferable methods and expecting others contribute also
for their children knowledge and education, but they also need aware of current events and learn
new knowledge about this current era. Parents should increase the knowledge regarding the latest
technology so that they can at least say something good to their generation. In addition, positive
values in everyday life need to be emphasized as this will indirectly make their children realize the
importance of positive values are not only limited to everyday life but also extend to the use of
social media and technology

Moreover, the authorities can use the same approach, enforcing a more severe law and legislation
to ensure that blasphemous, defamatory, cursing and other forms of bad words can be refined using
various application and in turn can help to reduce cyberbullying among members of the public.
There are many experts in this country that can assist in resolving this issue if it is taken seriously by
the government for the sake of peace.

Imposing strict laws such as prison and penalties for cyberbullying offenders is suggested to reduce
this unmoral behavior. The government in particular needs to take these offends more seriously
because it is crime and have dangerous consequences as the cyberbullying offenders are more
difficult to identify compared to the physical offender. Therefore, it is proposed that the existing
legislation on cyber-crime to be re-evaluated and strengthened for the benefit of the Malaysians’
public. Certainly there are appropriate laws in other countries can be refer as a guide for cybercrime
offenders. Technology will evolve continuous and if this is not taken seriously, cyberbullying will
continue to grow and infected our society, leading to disruptive civilization

All the problems related to society and technology can still be avoided if we understand
the causes and culprits. This is problematic as cyberbullying seems to have become a
norm in the culture and social issue in Malaysia. It is hoped that these suggestions can
be useful in eradicating cyberbullying culture among Malaysians.