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Canceled And It Nearly Destroyed My Life By Lesley Hauler Summary

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The first social media platform of the 21st century developed in the early 2000s with the launch of MySpace. The website achieved a million users by 2004, officially becoming the start of social media. Almost 2 decades later, the creation of YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tik Tok consumed our world. Some people showcased their life while others hid behind screens. One of the long-lasting effects of social media aroused the concept of Call Out or Cancel Culture. Lesley Hauler’s, “I was ‘Canceled’ and it Nearly Destroyed My Life”, explains how the effects of social media can cause one mistake to ruin an entire career. Hauler suggests in her article that cancel culture is a form of cyber bullying because of the emotional toll it takes on the victim. In my opinion, I agree with Hauler’s statement. People can be notoriously harsh, especially when writing comments online due to the fact they are hidden behind a screen. In 2019, Natasha Tynes was cancelled for posting a supposedly racist tweet. The author claims how she was continuously receiving malicious comments and even death threats. Most of cancel culture comes with the idea of conformity; when a user comments something harmful, others will tend to follow to do the same. As a consequence of …show more content…

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