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Cyber Bullying

CYBER BULLYING

Cyber bullying is a serious problem with a serious lack of easy solutions.

The thing is, it is hard to stop people from doing things online. The internet is seen as the ultimate landscape of freedom. People can go online and say what they really think. And because what they say is public, it can reach a mass audience, making their words have a larger impact. Whenever that freedom is threatened, people tend to react negatively.

The thing is, just because people can have an impact online, that doesn't mean that the impact will be a positive one. People can (supposedly) say whatever they want online, and they don't always have nice things to say. Some of the things said online can be so bad that suicide and self harm are recorded consequences of online harassment.

Are there ways to combat this? Yes. The first thing that needs to be done is to teach people, especially young people that their words have consequences. They need to know how to control themselves online. If that doesn't work, having harsher consequences imposed could help.

In any case, cyber bullying is a problem that should not be allowed. As someone who has experience with bullying, I know for a fact that it only makes life unnecessarily difficult. 

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