Pros And Cons Of Social Media Restrictions

When there is such a rise in social media, people are able to say what they want because they feel safer than they would in person, which can lead to a rise in cyber-bullying.

More specifically bullying is made much easier through social media as well as on a much larger scale. 20-40% of children and adolescents have been victims of cyber bullying (Aboujaoude 2015).

The article "Are Under Twelves Disconnected?" states," In one study, half of social media users reported being bullied online. " Technology makes cyber-bulling a much easier think to do. Cyber-bulling is not something to be taken lightly. That article also touches down on the same topic," Technology is an extension of what goes on in the real world. Bullying was around before the Internet, but cyberbullying makes it easier." Kids who are cyber-bullied are probably a lot of those 5.6 million kids that don't meet the age requirement. Lying is a big problem and can have many consequences but cyber-bulling can have much more terrible consequences.

Bully's were once were bigger and stronger than their victims, but now teenagers can hide behind a computer screen and leave hateful comments. Social media sites such as Facebook, twitter, Instagram, etc. are the outlets for teens who feel the need to put people down and publicly humiliate others where everyone can see. One would think that since these types of bullying or harassment is seen publicly by others, there would be more of an opportunity for someone to defend the victim but that's not necessarily the case. Often times bullies are publicly encouraged by their friends or others who may feel that way. This leaves potential defenders feeling too intimidated to do anything about it. Askfm, Yik Yak, After School, are a few of the anonymous websites where people can post things about others and stay completely unidentified. Many comments are made about teenagers amongst these sites and majority are negative. Its no wonder this generation has self confidence

That’s because over 60% of 13-17 years old have at least one profile on social networking site (“American academy of child and adolescent psychiatry”). Most of the teenagers spend more than two hours per day on social networking sites. For example, twitter that for people to be talking about what going on in your life or what going on in the world. Most people who use twitter uses it to talk about other people and exposed them (nude pictures) just so they can hurt that person. That can cause someone to have suicide thoughts that leads to my next example kids that 15-18 of age are dying from bullying. “(According to American society for the positive care of children) children cannot get a quality education if they don’t first feel safe at school. Once a child is bullied, they know they are not safe. My friend died from being bullied. That’s because he did not tell anybody about what was going on. If he would have done that we could have done something about

Cyberbullying has been on the rise in the past years because of the rise in the usage of social media. People tend to go to social media with positive intentions, but not everyone’s intentions are positive. Social media can bring what usually takes place at school to the household. For bullies, cyberbullying requires less physical contact and their bullying

These days bullying isn’t just taking place at school on the playground, or in the hallways, it is taking place online. Today, and in recent years kids and young teens will only face more and more bullying as things evolve with social media, things like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are only going to become increasingly popular and new platforms will be made as well. Bullying affects people so much that it can

Cyber bullying on social media sites include Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Statistics show that in the year 2008 93% of young people including

In recent years the world has become very accepting; some might even go as far as to say overly accepting to the convenience of social media. There are a number of different applications, and websites that are available to us for example: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and Pinterest to name a few. These different venues provide a means of communication, reconnecting with long-lost friends and family, networking for business, as well as it is an outlet for self-expression. But just like anything else that is put to good use; there are those who abuse these privileges. More often than not it is the children how suffer from the misuse of having the World Wide Web so easily available to all. With the emergence of catfishing, privacy intrusion, and cyber bullying; children are facing some serious dangers. The minimum age to open an account on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Kik, and Snapchat is 13. For Vine, Tinder and Yik Yak it 's 17. YouTube requires account holders be 18, but a 13-year-old can sign up with a parent 's permission. Despite these clearly stated and published age restrictions, large and growing numbers of children 12 and under are using social media networks, often with their parent 's knowledge and consent. (Graber, D. 2014). This essay is being presented to argue the need for better reinforcement of age restrictions on social media.

In particular, Kids Online: The Statistics explains that, “Around 10 per cent of 10 to 11 year olds and 17 per cent of 12 to 13 year olds also reported that they had been cyberbullied.” That is a lot of kids getting bullied and the numbers are increasing as parents are letting kids have and go onto social media. Usually the children are cyberbullied because of the releasing personal

The percentage of deaths due to bullying online has increased. Recent studies show that 4,500 kids commit suicide each year. 3 million students are absent from school due to online bullying. About 80% of young teens have social media underaged. If civilians were aged enough to be on social media the

Many children, teenagers, and even adults are cyberbullied each and every day. From Cyberbullying.org it reads, "On average, 28% of students who have been part of our most recent 10 studies have said they have been the victim of cyberbullying in some time of their life." 28% of those students only admitted to being the victim of cyberbullying, but who knows how many did not admit to it. Another test was done on Cyberbullyinghotline.com and the results came back as this, "42% of teenagers with tech access report being cyberbullied over the past year... 7.5 million Facebook users are under 13 years old... 20% of kids cyberbullied think about suicide, and 1 in 10 attempt it." If cyberbullying is one of the major causes of suicide rates, surely most people would want to put a stop to the usage of social media right? Wrong, and the website that has the most reports on cyberbullying is Facebook. Dailymail.co.uk did a study on how much online bullying is actually on Facebook. These are the numbers they got back, "Some 87% of teenagers who reported cyber abuse said they were target on Mark Zuckerberg's site, while around one-fifth of youngsters were picked on by Twitter trolls, the report showed." Twitter is one of the runner ups to the most used social media's next to Facebook, yet Facebook still has a gigantic lead when it comes to cyberbullying statistics. Sad is it

There is a lot of bullying that goes on in this world, a majority of it being cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a constant problem with young kids on social media. Cyberbullying is a risk for anyone, “Cyberbullying is deliberately using digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information about another person. It is the most common online risk for all teens and is a peer-to-peer risk” (AAP). Nonetheless, bullying is always going to happen and cyberbullying allows it to happen

Facebook and other social media platforms have brought communication across the world to a whole new level. The rise of social media has created a place for children to communicate with others in both a positive and negative manner. Although it has made a positive impact on American youth, it has also contributed and exacerbated bullying in our schools. This new form of bullying, often referred to as cyberbullying, has created an around-the-clock atmosphere where bullying can occur even when school is not in session. Many professionals have sought to address the negative aspects of social media and have worked to develop a solution to bring cyberbullying to an end.

Bullying has always been a prevalent issue among society, especially within adolescence. However, cyberbullying in specific, is becoming more intense and harmful as the use technology increases. Unfortunately, bullies target those who are different among society, such as individuals who are different in race, religion, language, and sexual orientation. Bullying is no longer stemmed from school and left there, kids are bringing these unnecessary things home with them through the use of social media. These behaviors from bullies are preventing the victims to exceed their full potential in school, extra-circular activities, and being who they are in general. Now that most individuals use social media, they are able to see who is being