Before the Internet, bullying normally occurred in face-to-face settings. But, s

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Before the Internet, bullying normally occurred in face-to-face settings. But, social media has changed, the bullying landscape dramatically making cyberbullying easier than ever. With the proliferation of the Internet and other online communication and social media outlets, bullying can follow someone around-the-clock. In particular, children in school settings are prime victims of cyber- bullying from their classmates.

Why do you believe that cyberbullying is such an issue today?

What can be done to help reduce or eliminate cyber bullying in schools?

Search for a recent article in which a school-aged child or teen was the subject of cyberbullying.

How did it affect the student?

What were the consequences for the cyberbully (ies)?

Explanation / Answer

Answer) Cyberbullying is definitely an issue to be worried about. Young children are falling prey to this usually, Various threatening and intimidating messages are sent online to people to threaten them.

There must be an option to report the message on internet so that the receiver can report that message and the sender's account can be blocked after proper checking of the message. This will definitely reduce the cases of cyberbullying definitely.

The story of Amanda Todd was one of the biggest example of cyber bullying. She started using video chats over internet to make new friends and amongst those one of his friends convinced her to send some of her pics which are very sensitive. That pic got viral on the internet and she felt very ashamed of that. She couldn't live her life properly after that incident

It affected her a lot as she couldn't complete her studies properly. She was constantly reciving messages from that person which threatens her all the time.

The consequences of that was she started suffering from depression. She told everyone about her story through youtube and just after a few days of that she hanged herself at her home.

So one can definitely say that cyber bulying has very bad consequences as internet is everywhere. So, there must be some strict actions against those who does all this.

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