Individuals Should Be Prosecuted For Statements Made On Social Media

“Cyberbullying is a willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices,” stated by the Ophelia Project. Individuals should be prosecuted for statements made on social media. One reason individuals should be prosecuted is because of physical consequences to the victim. Another reason is because of mental effects that cyberbullying can have on the victim. Even though some people believe that free speech allows them to say what they want to but individuals should be prosecuted because the first amendment does have a limit on what you can say.

The first reason individuals should be prosecuted for statements made online is because of physical consequences to the victim. Online the victim could be getting picked on and when they go to school they still get picked on and beat up. They might not want to go to school

Individuals who say cruel things online could make the victim have a lower self esteem. Having a low self esteem means that the victim thinks poorly of their self and doesn’t want to be their self. Having low self esteem could lead to depression. Depression can really have a bad effect on the victim. According to “The Ophelia Project” , “60% of targets said that their online experiences as a target of cyberbullying affected them at school, home, and with friends, reported experiencing feeling of frustration, anger and sadness.” Victims feel frustrated that these people are making fun of them online which can cause them to be sad that this is happening to them and angry that they won’t do anything about their situation. The victim could also have a lower self concept of their self and just start hating their self to where they don’t even want to look in mirror at their self. Victims who have gone through this should know that the person who said rude things to them will be prosecuted for what they’ve