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Cyberbullying is ubiquitous—one out of every three young people in 30 countries have reported experi- encing it. And, given the anonymity the Internet affords its perpetrators, it is arguably even more pernicious than traditional forms of abuse and harassment. In Narail District, Ban- gladesh, 17-year-old Sadat Rahman heard about a 15-year-old girl who died by suicide after being cyberbullied. In October 2019, moved by her story, Rahman and his then five-member team built Cyber Teens, a mobile app that allows young people to disclose abuse safely and confidentially. Within a year, over 1,000 teen- agers in Narail District had used the app and, thanks to both police and family intervention, more than 250 complaints had been resolved and eight criminals apprehended. Last November, Rahman won the International Chil- dren’s Peace Prize. “The fight against cyberbullying is like a war,” Rahman said in his acceptance speech. “In this war, I’m a warrior.”