Social Media Trust And Safety Council's Argument Against Twitter

Proclaimed as the hottest company since Google and Facebook, Twitter introduced a revolutionary micro-blogging service in 2006 that allowed users to spread and share short messages of 140 characters (“tweets”) with friends and strangers subscribing to follow their communication flow (as so called “followers”) in order to find out what is happening right now from any point of the globe.

Those steps are taken with face-to-face bullying, and now is the time to go up a rank and bring that procedure to the social media world as, according to Eden Foster in an interview that was put into the article “The Dangers of Cyberbullying” by Brett Warnke, “in order for a behavior to be defined as cyberbullying it must be repeated hostile, and severe with the intent to embarrass, threaten, or harass”-which definitely sounds like doing harm to a being. Foster’s definition is exactly what a textbook definition of the word “bullying” would be, and that’s no coincidence. It’s because cyberbullying and bullying are both done to hurt someone- the fact that one is done online is no reason to disregard it. These actions, whether online or not, hurt someone, and when the public does nothing about it and doesn’t show that it’s wrong then it will just keep on growing and growing more than it already has. It’s time to stop this plague that, as said in the Ophelia Project’s fact sheet on cyberbullying, hurts 2 in 10 youths 11-18 by taking legal action against

the case for all people who are effected by social media bullying. three million kids per month

In our time today, there are many types of "bullying", but the one type I believe can be the worse and the one I will be discussing will be “Cyber bullying.” Cyber Bullying is an action when people either get together or by themselves purposely threaten or harass another kid through social media, such as Twitter or Facebook. The use of smart phones makes this action so easy to do and we can't really do anything to stop it from happening. These people can go and tweet about something any part of the day. All types of bullying are usually related in some type of way but the action of doing it is usually much different. Cyber bullying is one of the worst types of

Cloud reports, “The education system has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in antibullying campaigns in the past decade. At least 42 states have passed laws against bullying (1). With that being said, one would think bullying would be down to a minimum, but it’s not. Cloud claims, “Technology of bullying has advanced much faster than efforts to stop it ever could” (Cloud). The problem is the state’s laws are different as to what counts as bullying, and they don’t consider it bullying unless it is physical harm (Cloud) As Cloud says, “If you have so much as a Twitter account, you can exact that price in 140 characters before any school official has a chance to talk you down. You post your worst thoughts in a heated moment, and the damage is done” (Cloud). With the laws out there though words

In The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, Stone emphasizes Twitter's punishment in harsh tone in hopes to spread awareness in the urgency to change these careless entities running social sites such as twitter. Stone surfaces the need for outside parties intervening Twitter’s management skills and declares the, “...setup [of] a security program that will be audited by an outside company,” proposing the sites monitors and management teams were unskilled and negligent (Stone). The desperate call for help exposes the corrupt business practices of the social network. This case sheds light on similar issues leading twitter to believe "we think [the FTC] saw it as an opportunity to make an example of us in the hopes of curtailing breaches - including those many more serious than ours - in our industry" (Stone). Emerging the existence of conflicting cases surrounding the entire industry, Stone further builds an argument in agreeance with Kafka’s Bureaucracy, suggesting the whole industry of social networking sites to be fraudulent in the interest and pursuit of the privacy of data

With fresh technology entering this world, there is no telling how dreadful harassment can develop. Harassment on social media is already a terrible thing and it is going to get worse before it will get better. Cyber-bullying, another to phrase social media bullying, has become a worldwide trend. Many incidents have already happened to innocent children who get ridiculed and mocked via internet and technology. Their safety gets destroyed and crushed because the cyber-bullies tease and mock them. The average man would want his personal life private not public. The average man wants his safety from demons like these bullies. The average man who has access to technology already has freedom, just not their

Individuals should be held countable for what they say on social media because bully takes

“45% of young people reported to see people being mean to each other on social networking sites,” stated ‘the Ophelia project’. Individuals should be prosecuted for statements made on social media. This is because individuals could be mentally or physically due to cyberbullying. Also, cyber bullying can affect a person anywhere and won’t stop when the victim leaves school. Last but not least, bullying affects the entire family, not just the bully and the victim. On the other hand, some believe that individuals should not be prosecuted for statements made on social media because it violates the 1st amendment, however, individuals should be prosecuted for statements made on social media because your freedom of speech is free until your words begin causing physical harm to others.

My recommendation for Twitter is quite simple. Twitter Inc. needs to restructure their company and marketing scheme. They need to market the site for corporations to think it is worth the investment to advertise. Twitter need to find sponsors to give financial support to a new site design, better advertisement, and also creating partnerships. Twitter Inc. needs to reposition itself to look more like a corporate media site and not a site for teens to release trash gossip. In the segmentation of the market, Twitter should segment the market for mature users and teens. In the segmentation they may have one side that focus on corporate sponsors and the other side should focus on alternative financial support.

Social Networking has taken bullying to the extreme. Before advanced technology, children and teenagers were troubled by school bullies. Today, they are targeted by bullies via internet. Most people undergo some form of bullying in life. Growing up, I experienced the typical name calling and spiteful comments. I also dealt with minor cases of virtual bullies. These bullies are known as cyber bullies. I find this topic compelling because it’s a matter that has spiraled out of control.

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

I would like to introduce you to Twitter Inc., a modern and popular form of self-expression on the Internet. It provides users with a plethora of services including Twitter, an application that allows the user to share and distribute content to their followers. The company also owns Vine, a mobile application where users can create and share short looping videos, and #Music, another mobile application that

Someone like myself would say to just block them or report their account, however I’ve never been bullied through social media. Due to issues like this, I personally do not have social media nor do I care to use it.

Every day, millions of people wake up afraid of bullies. Bullying can happen anywhere, anytime. Bullying is a big issue these days, and bullies’ actions are very unpredictable. No one knows who a bullies’ next target might be and what their reasoning is. Today, bullying can be considered more extreme than it was even ten years ago, with the advent of the internet and resulting cyber-bullying. Many celebrities and organizations are speaking out for the cause, warning others about the dangers of bullying and the sometimes-fatal consequences.