The biggest difference between cyberbullying and traditional bullying is that the Internet actually gives the perpetrator extra protection. When you are on the Internet, bullies can harass and attack their targets anonymously. In the days of "traditional bullying," at least the victim knew who their attacker was. Now, the victim's information is clearly published, but the cyberbully can harass irresponsibly and hide his or her identity when attacking.

Cyberbullying is less restrictive than traditional bullying in terms of when and where it occurs. As long as someone has access to the Internet, bullies can harass others and victims can find offensive comments about them. But on an online platform, if you are the victim of bullying, you have nowhere to hide. At every moment, there is always someone who can find information about you. This makes it hard to avoid cyberbullying because it has the potential to happen to someone constantly.

There is a key difference between cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Things can easily be spread and shared quickly through the platform of the internet. Bullies use their keyboards to pound out the most vicious words to attack their victims, and these words can spread globally in a short period of time. In this virtual world, the victim's information is transparently exposed to everyone. Whereas traditional bullying would have witnesses, the anonymity of cyberbullying protects the bully and makes it impossible for the victim to identify which person it is. Even worse, many people play the role of bystanders. When they use their mouse to share these hurtful messages with their friends, they are actually perpetrating secondary violence against the victim and exposing the victim's information to a wider audience.

Although the virtual world is still different from the real world. People also seem to believe that the consequences of cyberbullying are less severe than those of traditional bullying. This is because the victim may not be aware of the fact that they are being bullied, or may not know how to react to cyberbullying. For the perpetrators, they are also less likely to feel guilty or responsible for their actions because there is no face-to-face contact. As a result, they are unaware of how their words and actions affect others online. This leads to bullies being more aggressive and victims being more vulnerable.