Going beyond the religious factor, though not invalidating it at all, behind the reprehensible Bulli Bai app, which featured Muslim women up for auction, just like the Sulli Deals some months ago, is the fact that it is women who are once again targeted in cyberspace.

The cyber world has become the favourite hunting and haunting ground for women, who are subjected to the worst violence here. Violence is not just physical, it can also be verbal. In the world that we now inhabit more and more, online has become a substitute for verbal abuse.