Death by Facebook

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I can’t imagine the pain that the devastating loss of Thivyaanayagi Rajendran, 20, caused her loved ones. She was reported to have hanged herself just this past week after being bullied online after a Tik Tok video of her and a foreigner colleague went viral on Facebook. Last year, a 16-year-old girl from Sarawak made headlines posthumously after posting an Instagram poll on whether she should die or not. After 69% of responders voted for death, it was reported, she killed herself. Cyberbullying, which caused these deaths, is becoming all too common these days. Unicef says that almost one-third of young people in Malaysia have been victims of cyberbullying. And according to a study by Dr Vimala Balakrishnan, an associate professor at Universiti Malaya, more than half of all Malaysians have witnessed cyberbullying. However, many would chalk up suicide to personal failings: “if onl…