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Cyberbullying: Should Individuals Before Statements Made On Social Media

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Cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. Should individuals before statements made on social media.? Why the answer is yes some may wonder why? Well for starters the bullies at school turn to the internet so the victims can't run from it and bullies think its funny to cyberbully so they keep doing it.

Cyberbully should be prosecuted because bullies at school turn to the internet so the victims can't run from it. As it mentions in the article titled “The dangers of cyberbullying” it says “As bullies turn to email, text messaging, or even social networking sites, cyber bullying has infiltrated the confines of the
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