Invasion Of Privacy

Although cyberbullying is one of the biggest factors for teen suicide, it can take place almost anywhere at anytime, and it can happen to anyone. Unfortunately, this happened to Tom Mullaney, an intelligent, joyful fifteen-year-old boy with no history of being bullied. But all it took to shred his life apart was social media, six people, and threatening messages. One night, Tom received twelve threatening Facebook messages from six of his classmates. Later that night, Tom’s father found him in the shed at the back of the garden, hanged. Tom was cyber-lynched to suicide. Tom’s story is just one of the thousand of stories that talks about the impact that cyberbullying has on young teens. Although it could be seen as an invasion of privacy,

In the article “Invasion of Privacy”, it says “The important issue here is whether the victim had a legitimate expectation of privacy when he was photographed. While this would seem to make criminal invasion of privacy statutes ineffective against actions such as photos taken in high school locker rooms or hallways, there may be other instances in which it could be used to prosecute cyberbullies”. It talks about if the people had the expectations of keeping their conversation private, and where or not they will let people know about it. This means if they let people know about it with their consent, then it is technically not an invasion of privacy. Another factor that proves that it isn’t a invasion of privacy is that it depends what people decided to do with the information they receive. However, in the article “Bully increases the Risk of Teen Suicide”, it states that “In the wake of deaths attributed to bullying, school districts similarly say the bullying occurred without the knowledge of school officials.” If school officials say that the bullying happened without their awareness, then some people may say that the bully

In the article, “Cyberbullying Creates Dangerous Stress and Anxiety”, they talk to a victim of cyberbullying. The victim told them, “First, many targets report feeling depressed, sad, angry, and frustrated. As one teenager stated: ‘It makes me hurt both physically and mentally. It scares me and takes away all my confidence. It makes me feel sick and worthless.’” If the victim talked about how he felt depressed and worthless, but if the schools monitored the problemed, then they could have comforted them or helped them with their problems. The school monitored this incident, then they would be able to handle this situation without the person being hurt. While some may argue that schools monitoring the bullying is an invasion of privacy, Tracy Brown wrote about some of the laws about cyberbullying. It says, “In Arkansas, a law was recently passed that allows school officials to take action against cyber bullies even if the bully did not take place on school grounds” (63) (“Cyberbullying: Online Safety”).With this law passed, then it would actually allow schools to monitor without invading any privacy. This would not only pass the invasion of privacy, but it would also tremendously help students with both bullying, and cyberbullying. If laws similar to this were passed nationwide, then it