Erroneous Use of Technology: Cyberbullying

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Day by day technology has been in constant evolution bringing advancements to our society. Tasks transformed from complex actions into simple actions with the aid of technology. The way civilization engaged with the world evolved and brought new wonders to the reach of our hands. Sadly, as everything in existence there are always some flaws or negatives to it. Technology has not mind of its own and its governed by the decisions we make on their use. Considering that technology performs depending in our desires has created negative aspects to it due to our possible wrong behavior. We live in a society of communication. Throughout the years the world has found the need to communicate with one another even if separated by extensive mass of lands and water. This necessity has created the booming of an era of new technologies with the only purpose of boosting out communication powers. We have access to technologies like smartphones, social networks, videoconferences and more. As any other creation, these technologies eventually started to be used with negative purposes. The erroneous use of these technologies created a new issue in our society known as Cyberbullying. Society needs to understand what cyberbullying is, the reasons behind, the process it undergoes and how to prevent it.
Cyberbullying is a huge issue that has been present in the latter years. It is important to understand what it is and how does it affect people. Cyberbullying as the name implies is bullying that is being done in the cyber world. It occurs through the use of technology like smartphones, computers, tablets, or any device that allows access to the Internet and social networks. The harm is done through texts messages, videos, pictures and more. When someon...

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... the good use of it can cause the end of this issue and many others related to it. It’s on our hands to create a society free of negative technological issues.

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