Should Cyberbullying Be Considered A Hate Crime

What is cyber bullying? Cyber bullying “repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones and other electronic devices”, according to the Ophelia Project. Individuals should be prosecuted for cyber bullying. Nearly one in three teens admit to being cyber bullied. People can go on any social media page and make fake accounts. Being cyber bullied can lead to having low confidence in themselves and even being suicidal. People should be prosecuted for cyber bullying other kids.

Loo Huan Ting ID #: 02359329 CMST 180 Tuesday & Thursday 2:20 11/13/14 Annotated Bibliography The invention of the Internet has created a new space for bullying. McClatchy, Komolafe Kaz. “States seek ways to fight newest form of bullying” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 25 August 2012:

Common types of cyberbullying include sending mean or hurtful messages or threats, spreading rumours online, posting harmful messages. Bullies can do this through an account where they are pretending to be someone else or hacking into the victim’s account by stealing their account information. Since there are so many forms of technology, this type of bullying can spread rapidly. It can affect the victim straight away. Isafe.org has reported that over half of adolesants and teens have been cyberbullied, and one in three have experienced cyber threats.

Bullying is a major issue facing today’s youth. Over the course of the past few years bullying has become such a concern that many states have adopted laws against it. However, the issue evolves as time goes on and now cyber bullying exists. Cyber bullies can insult others over the internet with no need to be nearby the person they are insulting.

Cyber bullying have become a big problem in our community these day where nothing has been done about it. Cyber bullying are bullying that take place around our community/ environment where kids are threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or targeted by another child using the source of Internet or mobile phones. According to the article '' Two Girl Arrested In Teen's Suicide'' by Steve Almasy was published on 10 /16 / 2013.

Cyberbullying victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider committing suicide. Cyberbullying victims have a lower self-esteem than people who are bullied physically. Cyberbullying can occur through a wide variety of different mediums, like phones are used so much by teens, 80% of teens use phones these days, making it one of the most popular forms of communication, which makes it a lot easier for people to be cyberbullied.”(http://nobullying.com/”). Covert or hidden bullying is kind of harder to recognize and can be carried out behind a person’s back.

Questions and Answers Project 2 If people have continued to commit suicide over cyberbullying, why hasn’t it been considered a crime? Cyberbullying is the most overrated way of harassing and bullying in society that has affected every age whether it’s in school or work. My question is, why hasn’t there been a law pass to make cyberbullying a crime. It is a question that I am eager to discover and understand the reasons of why it has not been considered a serious crime in today’s society.

16 out of 50 states do not have laws against cyberbullying. These kids are unsafe and vulnerable. In the article Undercover Parent, (2008), Harlan Coben insists that spyware can be essential to protecting a child’s future. She does this because protecting a child 's future is protecting our future. Spyware is helpful because parents can protect their child from bullies and help them from people who want to harm them in real life.

Cyberbullying is bullying that happens online on social media sites. People thinks it's okay to bully other people online but no it's not okay. Cyber bullying is similar to The Crucible by people dont like when people act differently. One person starts it and then others will jump in just like how they did when they started to accuse people of being witches in salem in 1940 and 1950.

Bullying, the act of harassment and intimidation, is causing teens to commit suicide and school shootings. Bullying is an issue for all ages in schools and online in the United States and all around the world. Bullying can range from just name calling and teasing to physical threats and rumors. This needs to be recognized as a problem that must be dealt with because students no longer feel safe going to school with all the school shootings going on. Bullying is a social injustice because children and young adults are being mistreated and they think suicide is there only way out of the situation. It’s not healthy for a kid or a teen to keep hearing negative stuff about themselves because it hurts them emotionally, physically and mentally.

Cyber Bullying has become an increasing problem in our society that threatens physical and emotional harm to ever greater numbers of young people. The sad fact is, some youths are so deeply affected by the negative influence of bullying that they have taken their own lives. Although suicides represent a rare and extreme reaction to bullying, it is a real issue that our children are facing today. Cyberbullying is often a factor in young people becoming depressed and having low self-esteem.

First, problems of the victim who face bullying can go worse when the bully torment the victim into feeling less confident. He/she will feel alone, not going to school, becoming sick or thoughts of suicide. Furthermore, students who cyber-bully or is self-involved bullies

There are a few different types of bullying, but in general, bullying is defined as aggression (emotional or physical) towards anyone, that is harmful, unwanted, and an action that is repeated, or had the potential to be repeated. In the article “From words to Action: A decade after Columbine, schools have made numerous change to confront bullying, but had it worked?” Kathleen Vail talks about the life long consequences that bullying can have on people. Vail explains that it is common that those who are both: bullied, and the bully are at risk for life long problems such a depression and anxiety. She talks about a study where the FBI and Department of Justice found that there is indeed a link between school bullying and school violence, they

“Bullied victims are seven to nine per cent more likely to consider suicide. ”(Yale University) “Over 30,000 children stay home every day due to fear of being bullied.” (ABC News) Bullying is the cause of about 6,078 deaths in a year in the fifteen to twenty-four age range. A young man from Ireland named Joshua Unsworth hanged himself after frequent cyber bullying on a social network that he belong to.

Bullying is the number one crime that most teens commit in America’s society. Many people all throughout the world have been a victim of bullying or has bullied someone for many different reasons. Bullying can cause a variety of mental and emotional problems in a person because he/she becomes problematic and deals with loneliness and depression. Bullies have come about because they either lack attention at home or are being abused and feel the need to bully others. However, many victims become fed up and turn to suicide as the permanent solution.