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What Extent Do You Think That Individuals Should Be Prosecuted For Harsh Statements Made On Social Media.

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Do you think that individuals should be prosecuted for statements made on social media? When people make harsh statements online it is considered cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is when someone goes online and sends, posts, or shares negative information about another person typically sending threats or intimidating messages. I believe that individuals should be prosecuted for harsh statements made on social media for many reasons including that it can lead to injury, children not attending school, and lastly the internet should be used to help children with things not to bully others. To start off, online bullying known as cyberbullying, can lead to injury physically and mentally to children and teens. About 20% of youths ages 11-18 have been …show more content…

This can lead to not only children getting punished but also their parents. Schools handle situations like this with minor punishments but if the state finds out about it then the parents could be fined depending on the amount of school missed by their child. An online article states, “..the thought of going to school is just more than they can handle.” This backs up the reason that it can lead to children not going to school because they are under so much pressure and stress due to the person behind the screen that they physically and mentally aren’t able to …show more content…

This could be because some people believe that it is the wrong punishment to give or that children should just learn from their mistakes and not get punished because they are so young. To back this up an article states, “The real solution to cyberbullying isn’t criminal prosecution, it’s education and selective participation.” This is what people think because it would be the “wrong thing to do”, but if students get bullied to the point where they don’t go to school or they become depressed and isolated, prosecution should be put into consideration because the internet is used to “protect” children from harm but students like to take advantage of it and start bullying their

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Someone might argue that if people do nothing against cyberbullying then it might lead to physical violence and that shouldn’t happen. In source 3 it states “ the lack of immediate emotional feedback in cyberbullying allows aggressors to often continue the hurtful behavior unchecked.” This tells us that cyberbullying happens and often continues because they don’t have emotional feedback from being there and unlike cyberbullying people “immediately see the hurt they have caused to the target” which most people wouldn’t do. What should happen is cyberbullying prevention in schools to deter people from and warn others of the effects of cyberbullying. In source 1 it states “And bypassing the Prevention Act, we’re deterring people from engaging in cyberbullying by showing such behavior punishable by crime that won't be tolerated” although I don’t agree with the punishable by crime statement I do think that people should be warned and deterred from cyberbullying in

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