New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- : Nearly 38 per cent of consumers across India comprising 34 per cent of adults and 43 per cent of teenagers said they were involved in an online bullying incident, according to a recent digital civility report by Microsoft.

About 25 per cent of respondents said they were the target and 17 per cent a bystander or witness to bullying or harassment.

The study included a total of 32 geographies with 4,511 people surveyed across nine countries in Asia Pacific (Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam).

Adult respondents were also asked about bullying, also known as harassment, both inside and outside the workplace. In India, 15 per cent reported bullying occurring in t...