Cyberbullying Argumentative Essay

When we think of bullying, we think of it ending when the school day is over, but there is a way for children to be bullied when they are inside their own home and it can be more harmful than you think. Cyberbullying is not really discussed between people mostly for the reason that people think it could just be someone writing an idiotic comment, but there are times when these types of comments can escalate to the point it may hurt the victim in some way or may cause them to act in a way that can cause self harm or harm to the people around them. This type of bullying should not be taken lightly because of the events or things it may cause and the problems that can be formed.

To begin with, many children in this day use technology because it’s easy to access and it can be fun, but there are times when people use social media and technology with a bad intention to hurt someone. Sometimes people write mean comments because they just find it as “playing around”, but when someone writes a hate comments

Making a bill for prosecuting a cyberbully would go against the first amendment, which gives freedom of speech. According to the article, “Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch Cyberbullies”, “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”. Children should not be on the internet if they can’t handle all the comment, but its not as easy for some kids to do that because in this generation children are “glued” to their phones so it makes it hard for some people to give it up and a person should not be limited to do things because of another person’s actions, the cyberbully should be held accountable for the potential harm they could have caused and the restrictions that they put on that