MANILA, Philippines — Children’s rights organization Save the Children Philippines urged the public in a statement on Friday to stop sharing the viral video of an Ateneo de Manila Junior High School student being assaulted by another student. “The privacy of all the children involved in this incident (the target of the bullying, the one who committed it and those who witnessed it) should have been protected,” Save the Children said in a statement shared on Facebook. “Sharing the video of the bullying act in itself and calling for harsh punishments for the child who committed the bullying is cyber-bullying.”READ: Ateneo high school probes bullying incidentThe video showed a student using a combination of kicks and punches to attack a taller student in a restroom of Ateneo de Manila Junior High School. The organization said that "children need to understand that bullying is not an acceptable behavior" and cited the "need to raise awareness amongst children on what this is, why this is unacceptable (bullying)." “Such disciplinary measures have been found to increase the risk of children experience negative outcomes later in life,” they said.

Source: Philippine Star December 21, 2018 10:30 UTC