Not all states have distinct statutes that apply to bullying on social media, but every state has criminal laws that apply to bullying in general. Policy makers have found cyberbullying to be a challenging obstacle to define. “For some, cyberbullying is understood as a public health problem, while others view it largely as an education issue, and still others see it as a justice problem” (Dechamps and McNutt). With each cyberbullying case, the media petitions for strict anti-bullying laws, especially those that deal with online bullying. But those laws run into problems in states such as Missouri, where parts of its anti-bullying law written after the Meier case were found unconstitutional in 2012 for being too broad and violating free speech
