Friday, December 8, 2017
Learning about internet trolling and cyberbullying has opened my eyes on many things that I never even thought about before. It's very important to look at how people and social media sites can stop trolling and cyberbullying because it's hurting many and spreading more every day. Cyberbullying is a problem because kids care what others think about them and when they're being embarrased in front of many on the internet it can lead to a lasting impact on their mental health and even lead to suicides in some cases... Because of this, we need to find solutions to cyberbullying. One possible solution is for social media sites to hire more moderators to look at posts that are being made and check whether they need some sort of guidelines to make sure they are not being used for bullying. Although some may argue that this is against free spech, it's totally legal for the sites to do this because it's stopping people from getting hurt. It would be difficult to do this though because social media sites do not have the logistical resources to carry it out. Another possible solution could be to just educate students and teenagers to watch what they say on the internet and demonstrate the effects it has on victims of bullying. Doing this would show people that what they say on the internet has the same outcome to things they say in real life and it could lead to less bullying and trolling.
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I agree with your idea about how websites should have guidelines to prevent cyberbullying, but even if those guidelines are established, I still believe that people will always find a way around them. Today, people are so sick that they get a laugh out of someone killing themselves because they do not know what the person is going through. They only see the reaction and that is what they're out for. They only want to see people react negatively.
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