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Should Individuals be prosecuted for statements made on social media? People should be prosecuted because they are hurting the individual in many ways for instance hurt themselves, mental problems, and social problems With all this bullying many have chosen to hurt themselves or even commit suicide. When bullying happens mental diseases can come which overall will not really help for social life, mental health, depression, and could possibly. A common argument against this is to simply just turn your phone off and also to man up or stand up for yourself, when you stand up for yourself the results could harm you or someone and cause even more problems.

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For example consist of depression which can make you sad make you feel like you just don’t want to do anything, will take a toll on your grades, you will also feel less confident, smaller, weaker, and have a lower self esteem or to feel people will make fun of you. For instance in the article “ should individuals be prosecuted for statements made on social media” by Brett Warnke states on line 9 “In 2008, Lori Drew was convicted of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after creating a fake Myspace account. Assuming the fake identity of a teenage boy, Drew used the account to flirt with, and then later break up with, Megan Meier.” This quote helps my statement by showing how she would react after their break up could potentially lead for Megan Meier to feel alone, will make her unfocused in school, or even contemplate hurting herself. A counter argument that cyberbullying does not cause mental issues

Should individuals get punishment for cyber bullying.When people just say “oh just stand up for yourself” they typically say it casually even though it can lead to many more problems and could harm them even more and it is not a guaranteed method.The argument of just shut your phone off can only work for a while because they need their for their daily necessities of social media and phone apps. Another topic is to just stand up for yourself, it is a very unsafe and will most likely not work and lead to more problems such as fights, bully you more, and make the way he/she views you

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