We Need Cyber bullying Laws

According to Catharine M. Young, “ Forty-Three percent of teens have been victims of cyber bullying in the past year” (Young). This statistic not only defines how frightening the worlds path has become, but also the legacy of it. With this though, there are still countless non-bullying movements, in which all influence the change in the way cyber bullying is handled. Even though cyber bullying laws threatens freedom of speech, there should be laws put into effect. Cyber bullying is a major leading cause of suicide, negatively affecting highly known celebrities in the media that are seen everyday, and laws can enforce the teaching of appropriate and morally sound behavior.

There are many different forms of cyber bullying. Some include sending mean messages or threats to a person's email account or cell phone, spreading rumors online or through texts, posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages, stealing a person's account information to break into their account and send damaging messages, pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person, and taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the Internet, sexting, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person. Cyber bullying can be very damaging to adolescents and teens. It can lead to anxiety, depression, and even suicide. Also, once things are circulated on the Internet, they may never disappear, resurfacing at later times to renew the pain of cyber bullying.

When looking at countless cyber bullying cases over the internet, which oddly enough is the breeding ground for such foolish acts, Ryan Halligan's story is unfortunately quite popular with the search engine. Ryan was ju...

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...ents the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior.” Freedom of Speech isn’t an excuse to mock, scorn or ridicule other individuals, it's too shows that this approach or policy does not limit you, its the freedom of expressing one self.

Cyber bullying laws should certainly be put into effect. The negative outcomes of cyber bullying are far more significant and crucial than expected, and can be seen in the stories like Ryan Halligan, Megan Meier, Charlotte Dawson, Paris Jackson, and even Justin Bieber. Because of these terrible acts, some of these victims have been left damaged and even have taken their own lives. Its incredibly sad to say, but some of these victims will never see victory or grow from these terrible experiences. Cyber bullying not only can kill a persons mental state, it also has the power to influence the killing of their physical form.