Cyberbullying The effectiveness of Tasmanias laws on bullying, and cyberbullying have been the subject of significant community concern due to the amount of suicide attributed to bullying, therefore Tasmanias desire for tougher laws to deter and sanction bullying to be put in place has been a major request within the community. Other jurisdictions are concerned with the effects and the amount of cyberbullying and are similarly grappling with questions of how to introduce new laws to aid in the prevention of cyberbullying. "Cyberbullying" is a broad term used to explain an extremely wide rang of behaviours, these include menacing, harassing, threats, stalking, unauthorised access, defamation, encouraged suicide, spreading of rumours, and publically posting material related to the victim without permission. These actions are portrayed through social media websites, but can also be through anywhere on the internet such as forums, text messages, blogs, and email. Cyberbullying can be perpetrated and/or effect anyone regardless of their qualities. Some individuals may be incredibly affected and more sensitive to 'cyberbullying', others may not be affected at all. …show more content…
Because electronic communication is a relatively recent invention, there is some debate on how cyberbullying is to be defined. Cyberbullying differs from 'traditional' bullying because it is likely to involve fake accounts, or anonymous accounts, making complaints from victims seem less legitimate or not eligible. The question of whether cyberbullying can be classed under the same laws as 'traditional' bullying has been raised because of the lack of temporal and locational restraints involved with internet based