Cyber Bullying: An Uncontrollable Epidemic

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In the 21st century, cyber bullying has grown to be a major crime and motive for suicide for those victimized due to bullies who yearn to overpower others with the convenience of technology. Unfortunately even with today’s anti-bullying chant and progressive technology, this crime will continue in young adults. Compared to a century ago, cyber bullying has grown to a scale that cannot be controlled. With new handheld devices that have the ability to send a message to another’s device in no more than 15 seconds, it is easier than ever to bully over the cyber waves. The suicide rates have risen tremendously due to harassment through technology and the ability to bully 24 hours a day. Now in the 21st century, bullying can not only happen in the playgrounds at recess, but on the internet that is accessible at any given second.
Cyber bullying is a form of teen violence that can do lasting harm to young people. It can take many forms such as sending hurtful messages or threats, spreading rumors online, posting unflattering pictures, pretending to be someone else or stealing a person’s account information and posting vulgar things. There are two kinds of cyber bullying, direct attacks, which are sent to kids directly, and cyber bullying by proxy, which is using others help to cyber bully the victim, wither with or without the accomplice’s knowledge (Stop cyber bullying). Overall they both have the same outcome, which is downgrading the victim’s self-esteem to the lowest level possible. For those who have never been cyber bullied see it as nothing important, but what they do not understand is that it can be can be very damaging to adolescents and teens. It can lead to anxiety, depression, and even suicide. People may believe that cyber b...

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