Thursday, March 31, 2011

Cyber Bullying to The Extreme

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cyberbullying-takes-a-new-twist-with-facebook-smut-list-118569144.html

Bullying, while a traditional physical torment, has taken a whole new form in this age of technology. Now people of all ages can be attacked via the internet by use of links, words, pictures, videos, etc. Recently, by use of Facebook, a page had been created listing a number of high school girls (Harrison, Port Chester, Greenwich, Scarsdale, Rye, New Rochelle and Yonkers being some of them.) based on their "slutiness" whether it be based on rumor and reality. The page garnered thousands of views and became the talk of the town. Names and lives were ruined. And the punishment? There was none. Of course the page was took down but other then that the creators were not sought out for. Is this how bullying is handled? Because it was done on the internet, where it becomes a bit harder to get someone for posting things under such things like the First Amendment, these bullies got away with it. The link above argues with this issue, listing the problems of this situation. A solution needs to be sought soon and it will help move one more step to ending the issue of bullying.

No comments:

Post a Comment