Should There Be Prosecuted For Cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is one of the easiest ways to bully someone. Most cyber bullies know their victims in person. On the fact sheet “What is Cyberbullying?” it says that 84% of bullies know their victim in real life. A major problem with cyberbullies is that they are posting embarrassing pictures, threatening comments, and rude statements about one that cannot be completely deleted off of the

Sticks and Stones may break your bones but words never hurt, but in reality, words cut deep. Cyberbullying is on the rise and more people are taking their lives due to another person(s) choice of words and actions. Someone has to take a stand against it, cyberbullies should be prosecuted. It has become a bigger issue than face to face bullying. Cyberbullying is permanent and inescapable as technology progresses with time it lasts forever. They way that social media networks are set up its possible for something to go viral within a matter of seconds. Some people argue that prosecution violates the 1st Amendment; others might say it doesn’t cause any bodily harm. The effects that cyberbullying may have on someone physically, mentally, and emotionally should be enough, criminalizing cyberbullying would reduce the number of victims. No one deserves to be trapped.

Cyberbullying is the abuse of an electronic source to degrade and devalue others. It is cruel and immoral but unfortunately unavoidable in today’s age.

The National Crime Prevention Council stated "When teens were asked why they think others cyberbully, 81% said that cyberbullies think it is funny. Cyberbullying includes writing hurtful statements on a social media site, putting embarrassing pictures of someone online, digitally editing and distributing pictures of another person, and flaming, insulting, or slandering others in a public area online. Individuals should not be prosecuted for statements made on social media because it's not a crime, it's unnecessary and waste money and time, and it only effect two people, and all the cyberbullies need is to be educated.

Cyberbullying has been a big problem for teens and adults around the world. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. For most cyberbullying isn’t anything serious it’s just a person just joking around or just speaking their mind but its more than that its feelings being involved families being broken even hearts.

Imagine if someone was being bullied, and the person felt depressed and started hurting themselves because the bully repeatedly bullies them. Would you like it if the bully didn't get a prosecuted for what he/she has done to the victim? People who cyberbully repeatedly should be prosecuted. They should be prosecuted because they could be threatening someone's life, or they could hurt themselves or worse commit suicide. Even though people believe that the First Amendment gives you the right to free speech, individuals should be prosecuted because it can cause people to have mental issues, depression, etc, because free speech should not be taken too far.

The definition of cyberbullying is ‘the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.’

  Did you know that nearly 1 in 3 teens have admitted to being a victim of cyberbullying? That’s an absurdly large number of teens! But what really is cyberbullying anyway? Well, the Cyberbullying Research Center defines it as “willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices”. Congresswomen Linda Sanchez is currently sponsoring a bill that would make bullying through an electronic means a federal crime and I wholeheartedly support it! Individuals should definitely be prosecuted for statements made on social media.

Cyberbullying is a form of written and verbal bullying which is conveyed by teens and adolescents through communication technologies such as cell-phones, emails, text messages, websites, webcams and chatrooms. It also includes taking sexual photographs by ex-partners and sending to others after

Cyberbullying works on the internet. Bullies use electronic communication to bully a person. Usually by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature, spreading rumors online, pretending to be someone else online to hurt other person and taking unflattering and inappropriate pictures of a person and spreading then online. The first known of cyberbullying was in 2000, the word means; the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person often done anonymously (Douuthit,2012). Nowadays, with the advancement of technology, it allowed a new type of bullying which is the cyberbullying, lots of people misuse and use it as a weapon against others. Especially, almost every person has a cell phone and the internet it is easy to attack other through the internet. The social media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. are usually the websites that are used to make fun of others by writing on their walls, messaging them, sharing rumors or tweeting them. Cyberbullying is the fastest growing forms of bullying and the study shows that over 1,000,000 children were harassed,

What is cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is, “Writing hurtful statements on a social media site or website” according to “What is Cyberbullying?” published by the Ophelia Project. Regular bullying is usually face-to-face and usually ending with someone getting physically harmed. Cyberbullying is only hurting someone’s feelings not physically harming them. “If the child in question can’t handle... [their feelings getting

Every year there are more than six-thousand people in America that are being cyberbullied. Cyberbullying is when one person, electronically communicates with another person, but in a harsh way.

Cyberbullying, it is any type of bullying that a person is receiving harassing messaging in any electronic form. This can come in form of Facebook posts, email messages or other forms of information technology to deliberately harass threaten or intimidate someone. Many states have passed or are considering laws that would criminalize cyber bullying, however, it raises First Amendment issues. The United States Supreme Court has allowed public school officials in grades K-12 to restrict student speech if it interferes with the school’s educational mission. So public schools could probability punish students for cyber bullying with impunity.

Adolescents should be held accountable for Cyberbullying because it will teach them a lesson to not to do it anymore. It is also a fair punishment considering that they did commit a terrible crime,and saying youth is an excuse for such behavior is unacceptable. My view on Cyberbullying is supported by the article

What is cyberbullying? “Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet, smartphones, or other electronic communication devices to spread harmful or embarrassing information about another person” (Cyberbullying). Cyberbullying is very well known to the world of social media. We used to have bullies who would harass us at school which was bad enough but now worth cyberbullying it follows our teenagers everywhere. Home used to be a safe place but our technology no longer allows that safe place. Not only is the cyberbullying bad for the victim but it is also bad for the person on the other side of the screen making these vicious comments. Anyone can go online and say whatever they want about another person because they are not