Cyber Bullying Is Wrong And Should Be Stopped

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Almost 47% of kids have been bullied online. Schools and officials have the right to monitor students online activity.
Schools have every right to monitor students online activities because. No doubt cyberbullying is wrong and should be stopped. Fourteen states have already passed laws to end cyberbullying. I think that all states should pass those laws to help end cyberbullying.

According to dosomething.org nearly 43% of kids say that they have been cyberbullied before online. That's almost half of the kids. Meanwhile I think that it would be great if we could get those numbers down to zero. So that no kids are getting bullied online.

Furthermore, schools need to stop cyberbullying. If we stop cyberbullying it will make the internet a

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