Censorship In High School

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I believe that people should be able to write whatever they would like on the internet, unless it is directly causing harm to someone and their livelihood. As citizens under the constitution, we have the right to spread our ideas and say what we would like, as it is stressed in the very first amendment. I believe that people should be able to have their own opinions on topics and whether people agree with it doesn't matter, because everyone has a different outlook on every situation. I think that in schools there shouldn't be regulations with the students that go there, in regards to social media, but I think that if someone's well-being is at risk because of another student, then I think that the school has the right to be involved. I feel as though a lot of schools don't really get involved with their students on social media, which I think is good, but in some instances I think that they could to help certain …show more content…

There's a balance to be found with this topic because to some extent students should be able to post or say whatever they'd like without having an administration breathing down their necks. I think that schools should regulate students and how they spend time on the internet, but use it to their benefit when it comes to certain instances, such as bullying. A lot of the times cyber bullying gets overlooked, because it's out of the control of the school, but I think in those cases it should be brought to their attention to show that not all bullying happens face to face. I think that when someone's well-being if being threatened then some higher power needs to step in and control the situation. I think it's important that the government is also able to prevent fake news from being dramatically publicized, for the greater good of the people. I think when people hear threats and see pictures online, they automatically think that it's

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