Why We Shouldn T Cyber Bullying Be Illegal

“The real solution is not criminal prosecution, but it should be education and selective participation.” 60% of young people who have been cyberbullied say that it has affected them in their personal life. However, if a child can’t handle the bullying, they should not use the Internet. Cyberbullying is bullying another person on the Internet. Individuals should not be prosecuted for statements on social media.

Many children in school bully others for various reasons. Bullying is when you are intimidated or victimized repeatedly over time with negative actions from a more powerful peer. It can lead victims to go through serious problems in early childhood and adulthood. In many cases, aggressors do not receive the punishment I believe they should. I believe if they passed stricter bullying laws, it will reduce bullying in many places.

Cyberbullying often goes unnoticed. According to an article by Andrew Brennan, “Their pain is silent. They do not bruise or bleed.” (Brennan). Although tons of teenagers are affected by this problem, many parents and adults are unaware of this issue because it is not reported. Andrew Brennan also goes on to state that, “Today's bullies are ubiquitous, limited only by the capabilities of the Internet. They permeate deep into the lives of our children.” (Brennan). Victims of cyberbullying are different from those of physical bullying, as the bullying happens over the internet, at any given time. Bullies have unlimited access to their targets, and there is no way for the victims to hide from it. In the article, “Internet Intensifies Bullying” by Sandy Banks, Banks states that “It's easy for bullies to enlist allies who can just post something nasty -- even anonymously -- online, instead of risking an unpleasant confrontation face to face. And it's hard for victims to hide from insults delivered 24-7 on their cellphones.” Cyberbullies do what they do because the internet conceals their identity, and they do not consider the consequences of their actions and how it may be affecting the victim. What makes cyberbullying such a significant issue is that the perpetrators are often anonymous, and they often get away with their crimes. This is a problem, as internet anonymity makes it harder to find the source of the bullying.

n today’s society, the internet has taken over our daily lives we use it everyday from shopping and to do school work. The invention of the internet has improved everyday life dramatically it makes life so much easier. But not for ” the close to 34 percent of teens who have been cyberbullied via cellphone for the computer “(TeenSafe). This number of kids who get cyberbullied keeps growing over the years since we realized it's an empedic. Cyberbullying does not only affect a teens status online it also affects the teens personal life,relationships,work environment and the teens school life. When it affects a student’s school life the schools can’t really do anything about it. Because it didn’t happen on school campus it was online where the bully sat comfortably tormenting the victim. School’s are helpless in these situation which isn’t fair for the staff who care about these students. All school’s should punish cyberbullying because cyberbullying affects everything in the victim’s life including school.

A 13 yr old girl gives her phone number to her best friend. Her best friend gives it to her friends. The 13 yrd old doesn't care about it because, she thinks that her friends, friends aren’t going to do anything. The 13 yr old gets a non recognized text message a few days after her phone number was leaked to other people. The text message wasn't any good news, a bully had reached her phone number and, was on the way to cyberbullying her. The 13 yr old started to be cyberbullied from there, but she didn’t want to say anything which was to much presure for her. The 13 yr old fell into a stage of very bad depression which lead her into making bad choices for ways of relieving her stress. As an older sister, and cousin I wanted to find

Cyberbullying is similar and different to traditional bullying. Both types of bullying can include threats, harassment, or name calling, but a lot of the type cyberbullying is not taken as seriously because it is behind a screen and not seen by a lot of people (Munn). Online bullying sometimes comes from the “popular kids” not the typical bully of the olden days. Whereas traditional bullies are seen the “school yard thug” cyberbullies are often kids who come from good families and involved in the “in-crowd” and want to make fun of kids who are not as “cool” as they are (“Cyberbullying”). Anyone can be a cyberbully, it could be that traditional type bully, but it doesn’t have to be it could be the sweet girl that always seems so quiet.

A couple days adrive she was the opponent crying to school. She replicated over and over again on how ugly she was, and how he made her feel pretty. She threw up her sleeve that those were the bruises he left her

Cyberbullying. How often do we hear that word? Pretty often you would think considering how serious of an issue it is now a days. But no. Our society now does not emphasize enough how critical bullying has now become. Throughout the past several years many kids have been bullied. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year, and it’s sad to say that 1 in 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying. Even if the statistics might be low it still doesn’t mean that it is not a serious problem that needs to be addressed in better ways.

Do you consider yourself a safe user when using social media websites? Do you post pictures when on vacation? If so, remember that when post pictures of yourself on vacation the gives the stalker of your page an idea that you are not home at the time. Do you post regularly about what you are doing? As a result, when posting about what you are doing this give criminals an idea of where you are. Social websites weaken and damage people self-confidence, so to stop this we need precaution, stop online aggression, and stop online criminals.

Did you know bullying is a leading factor in teen’s suicide rate here in the United States? Bullying is the act of using physical force or verbal use against an individual to make them feel uneasy or bad about themselves. In today’s society we see it more than usual and what’s the response people do. Nothing they absolutely do nothing and walk away like they didn’t see anything happening. Another form of bullying that is growing and picking up pace in society is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the use of using social media or any means of communication that could be like text messages and Facebook to attack an individual behind closed doors. The aspect of cyberbullying that individuals love is the ability to remain anonymous and attack a wider range of individuals over a short time of period rather than using direct confrontation. With social media being a fingertip away we can easily send a Facebook status or a tweet out like that cyberbullying is picking up steam and more and more people are becoming a part of the problem instead on the solution. With the elimination of direct confrontation the individual doesn’t know who is attacking him or her and cannot do much in the process of putting a stop to it or even ask help to make it stop.

25% of teens state that they have been repeatedly offended by their cell phone or internet.

Did you know that over 50% of teens have been cyber bullied in their lifetime? In the article "World Wide Web of Hurt" it states "Cyber bullying is not physical, but it still causes pain." Bullying is a big problem today among teens of today's society. Many children are not raised to be kind and considerate of others and hurt many people in their life time. Cyber bullying is one way that many teens use as abuse to others. Maybe if everyone was a little nicer and showed some kindness to their fellow human, the world would definitely be a much better place, especially without cyber bullying.

Social networking has taken bullying to the highest degree. Children and teens have taken the internet in and embraced it for socializing and communicating. Before advanced technology, children and teens were troubled by school bullies. These bullies would act out in school hallways or on the bus. Today, victims are targeted by bullies over internet, whether its social media or instant messaging. Most people undergo some form of bullying throughout their childhood. Growing up, I didn’t experience any physical bullies, but I experienced name calling and mean comments I also dealt with bullies online. These bullies are known as cyberbullies. Cyberbullying manifests itself by sending harassing and threatening messages to another individual through the internet. It impacts a lot of people and can lead to many long-term or even life-long affects. This topic is captivating because it’s an issue that has become out of control. Cyberbullying is an issue that will not stop if nothing is being done to prevent it. In this paper, I will talk about why people cyberbully, the affects it has on individuals, and how it can be prevented.

“The term “cyberbullying” was first used by educator Bill Belsey in 2004 in an essay detailing the emerging threat of harassment through the use of information and communication technologies” (Cyberbullying). Kids that are surrounded by the phenomenon that is the internet have a high chance of being a subject to cyberbullying. Some kids are relatively unaffected by cyberbullying, however, there are many documented cases in which these kids are treated so maliciously that they have considered suicide. Cases of cyberbullying do not receive any special attention unless the victim is suicidal. This is unacceptable as any measures that could have prevented this are not taken until it is too late. People do not realize the damage they can cause with only their words. Cyberbullying is a serious crime that should be regulated like one. Although these are not definitive ways to stop the problem, I am here to state options that will help future kids from further attacks.

Everyday within our society we see people, mostly younger children, get bullied whether it be inside school walls, or online with social media. We fail to take a long look at this problem and try to find a solution to why this may be happening. We also don’t realize that we are in some way encouraging this type of behavior in some way, shape, or form. This can come from friend’s behaviors, family members, and even parenting.