I found an article that shows both argues for and against making laws against cyberbullying. As we know there have been many suicide and other emotionally harmful effects done to these kids affected by cyberbullying. We will look mainly at the arguements for a law against cyberbullying.
One claim made by this article is that cyberbullying is more harmful than in-person bullying.
There was one piece of evidence that really stood out to me and in my opinion was a good peice of evidence. This evidence stated that 35% of teens have been harrassed on the Internet in the past year. This is a really scary thought.
The warrant is that cyberbullying is harmful to kids and many kids are victims of cyberbullying.
I think there should be a law against cyberbullying, but I understand that it would be hard to enforce this law. The Internet is a huge plcae and would be hard to enforce laws on this subject.
http://nakedlaw.avvo.com/2010/10/can-cyber-bullying-be-punished-before-its-too-late/
I like how your post was to the point, but you still got all the information in. I agree that the article you chose was arguing for a law against cyber-bullying, but as you said, it would be rather difficult to enforce.
ReplyDeleteI don't think laws will ever be made about cyberbullying or anything of that type. It's too hard because of the 1st amendment of free speech. A lot of kids are affected, yes, but not anymore than the ones affected by face-to-face contact. If anything is going to change, the parents are going to have to raise their kids better.
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