Setting Up Laws for Cyberbullying

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“I don’t know why everybody hates me so much. But maybe I do because now I hate me too. Right now, I don’t see the reason for trying, or for talking, or for breathing. I’m just done” (“Cyberbully”). Scary words, right? These few sentences from the movie Cyberbully could be someone’s last few words. Cyberbullying is the inappropriate use of electronic communication to bully a person through text messages, rumors, pictures, fake profiles etc. on social networking sites. Cyberbullying should have specific laws against it. If all abuse is illegal and against the laws, then why is cyberbullying not? Cyberbullying is equivalent to the effects of traditional bullying because it causes pain, whether emotional or physical. This nation can decide upon many punishments to hand over to the bully. Cyberbullying should be considered a criminal offense because it may potentially lead to injustice for bullied individuals, emotional and psychological pain, and worst of all self-harm or suicide.
Initially, some people may say that justice is not necessarily required for cyberbullied individuals because “if simply being a jerk was a criminal offense, [then] we would need many more prisons than the hundreds we already have” (Butler 1). However if no actions are taken to suspend cyberbullying then injustice for cyberbullied ones will keep increasing. The Pledge of Allegiance specifically mentions “with liberty and justice for all” but yet no justice for the cyberbullied individuals. Cyberbullying is not about ‘simply being a jerk’ because if it were, many teens would not be depressed , drop out of schools, misuse drugs, or harm themselves. To give justice to the victims having prisons are not necessary for the perpetrators. The society can come up mu...

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...lled life away from themself. This is a very big deal and needs to be acknowledged. This nation has reached a point where there is a pure necessity to put out laws against cyberbullying because we can not just let the youth give up on life.
All in all, cyberbullying is a dangerous growing problem that needs to be tamed. Cyberbullying is a serious subject worldwide that needs to be resolved due to it causing mental pain, liability to kill oneself, and inequality of justice amongst the many victims. It needs distinguished laws against it because it is harmful to society. It makes the internet an unsafe environment for the youth. Cyberbullying is something that can be resolved in the future, and people should support movements against it. Technology is one the world’s greatest advancements but taking advantage of it incorrectly to cause pain for others is unacceptable.

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