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Cyberbullying: The Case Of Suicide By Text By Michelle Carter

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One thing that can relate to this topic is Cyberbullying. Teenagers Cyber bully every day. When they cyber bully they taint the others heart with sorrow. Carter was cyberbullying Roy, “Michelle Carter, who as a teenager sent texts urging her then boyfriend to kill himself.” while on the phone with him. As Roy was on the electrical device with Carter; she was giving him advice about how to end his life. The subject of cyber bullying relates to the case of “Suicide by Text” by the fact that Carter was giving Roy ideas of how to kill himself, “Michelle Carter sentenced to 2.5 years for texting suicide case-video part two.” Throughout the times she would text him it would contain ways he could kill himself without it being a painful process. The
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