A Chinese graduate student was cyberbullied after she tried to do a good deed and buy chocolates for classmates stuck in lockdown.A well-intentioned graduate student stuck in Shanghai’s lockdown has unwittingly become a source of online derision after spending 50,000 yuan of her savings on chocolates that she donated to her classmates stuck in their dormitories.
The counsellor promised to buy and distribute chocolates to the students once the treats became available, which is where Chen saw an opportunity to make a positive impact. However, that experience did not last long. When Chen shared her experience on social media, a large portion of the internet ganged up on her and accused her of showing off, seeking attention and wasting her parent’s money.
Pengyuan Luo, a senior partner at SGLA Law Firm in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, told the South China Morning Post that the incident “seriously infringed” on Chen’s rights, despite there being no clear law regulating cyberbullying.