Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act

20 % percent of youth ages 11-18 have been victims of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying includes “saying mean things online about someone, or posting embarrassing photos of that person, setting up fake profiles to , stalk, harass or embarrass someone.” Individuals should be prosecuted for the statements they say on social media. What someone says online to you can escalate and cause hurt to someone. And with the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, it can help stop children from doing these things.

Cyberbullying is harder to escape than bullying at school. “Children who were victims of bullying in the classroom or on the playground could find peace at home.” Once the child got home from school they would not have to hear the mean things

someone was saying to their face anymore. And the only people who new what was happening at school was those who saw the child get bullied. On the internet the statements said are open to anyone to see. In the radio interview Eden Foster said “Cyberbullies turn to email, text messaging, or even social networking sites, cyberbullying has infiltrated the confines of the home”. This is showing that Cyberbullying is harder to get away from, and the friends could just show the child what they are saying. And if a child unplugs then they are just going to school the next day with people talking behind your back, an that makes them feel worse. And in some cases the person cyberbullying doesn’t know the other person so it makes it easier for that person to say the things they are saying.
Although kids could just not listen or delete all social media. In an informational article it says, a handful of Democratic “New York State senators think that the First Amendment should be treated “not as a right but as a privilege”. “ Implying that the right to free speech should essentially be revocable of free speech including “flaming” (sending angry, rude, or obscene messages to people online).” Everyone has the right to freedom of speech but Cyberbullying can lead to kids getting physically injured by other or by themselves. Kirk Sigmon in his article says, “Children should be educated to manage and avoid offensive situations on the Internet. If the child in question can’t handle that, they should not use the Internet. It’s that simple.” The child should not have to quite use the internet because someone is cyber bullying them. The cyberbully should be accountable for what he or she says and they should not use the internet if they do not know how to be kind or they have things going on and that’s how they chose to deal with it.