to plague educational environments across the United States. At its core, bullying encompasses physical and emotional harassment of individuals by others. In light of technological advancements, bullying has established an online presence, presenting a new set of methods to harass victims. According to a study conducted in 2013, online harassment in the United States raised to 11 percent (Khurana et al. p.1039). With no permanent solution in sight, cyber bullying shows no signs of stopping. However
as advancements in technology have allowed almost anybody to conduct harmful acts against another person while maintaining vast amounts of anonymity (Shariff, Cyber-Bullying: Issues and solutions for the school, the classroom and the home, 2008; Li, Cyberbullying in Schools: A Research of Gender Differences, 2006; Shariff & Jaishankar, Cyber Bullying: A Transnational Perspective, 2009; Froese-Germain, 2008). Cyberbullying is broadly defined as any type of harm that is inflicted upon a victim via electronic
the second leading cause of teenage death in the United States, there is a need for legislation that promotes awareness and education about Cyber-Bullying. by R. Hassan February 8, 2011 Fourth Period Mr. Cicala Robinson Secondary School Since Teen suicide is the second leading cause of teenage death in the United States, there is a need for legislation that promotes awareness and education about Cyber-Bullying. Due to the growth of technology in the
determining how war will evolve and develop are endless. War is currently in the middle of a great change. It is metamorphosing out of the physical world and into the online one. Cyber attack and warfare will be the next battleground. Cyber war will become more frequent an occurrence because of the lack of international legislation and cooperation, the inherent anonymity that is possible with an online attack, along with the need to develop and use asymmetrical warfare increasing (Westby 2007, 297-313)
Impact of Legislation on State of Maryland 1. Introduction. The purpose of this paper is to research and evaluate the legislative drivers for information security programs of State of Maryland in order to improve the information security policy to prevent loss of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of agency operations, organizational assets or individuals with new amendments in legislation. This paper elaborates the objectives of five proposals that would impact the information security
There are countless other reasons for the proposal to be implemented. For instance, a revised curriculum in schools could positively impact the students of these schools. It’s vital that schools that allow students to use their cell phones in class immediately put a stop to this practice. However some people such as, Lisa Nielson would argue with this. She believes that cell phones are the way of the future and need to be embraced (Nielson, 2008, p.5.). However this needs to be the first step because
actions what so ever. Bullying has also been through all states in the United States. If someone may ask what is bullying. Bullying is the use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. However, we could stop the bullying and cyberbullying in all schools around the world. Its variety types of bullying such as Physical Bullying, Verbal Bullying, Social Bullying, and Cyber Bullying. Physical Bullying is any bullying that hurts
Branches of Government Though the United States follows a republic approach to writing legislation and passing law, technology presents a challenge. In an environment that changes daily, technological legislation will no sooner be passed, and it is already obsolete. The rate of technological advancement and espionage present a real threat, not only to the United States, but to the world. How can law be generalized so as to affect a process relative to technology and software design that prevents
globe are facing threat, due to the rise in cases of cyber crime, and this is necessitating the intervention of the government through enactment of policies that govern the usage of computer technology. According to Richardson (2008, p 3), cyber crime has grown to catastrophic levels thus posing a challenge to global security. Consequently, besides cyber crime affecting the security of individual users of the system, it has a significant effect on the social, political and economic aspects of people’s
are indulged in depression. Cyber bullying is a fairly new type of violence and this is why it is so hard to counter. One of the most prominent forms of counter-cyber bullying that the United States implements is through legislations, which have resulted in mixed results. Psychologist and Sociologist agree that the negative reinforcement approach doesn’t really teach the adolescents the affects that it has on the victims and why it is wrong (Kanazawa). The new legislation actually has caused the young