Cyber Bullying
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution gives all US citizens the right to free speech. Subsequently, teens should not be prosecuted for things said online because a cyberbullying law would violate The First Amendment, include ridiculous things, and defeat any other way to deal with cyberbullying.
To begin, a cyberbullying law would violate the First Amendment. The Constitution is not a set of guidelines that the government could follow if they like what it says. The Constitution is a set of rights that everyone in America obtains upon gaining citizenship. The right to freedom of speech that is listed in the First Amendment should not be treated as a privilege; however, many Democratic New York Senators feel as …show more content…
To elaborate, the article by Kirk Sigmon states that “NY State Senators … define cyberbullying as a plethora of allegedly offensive acts on the Internet. Hilariously, the Senators include ‘trolling’ … and ‘exclusion’ … as part of their definition of cyber-bulling.” Firstly, trolls can be dealt with simply by blocking them. Although they sometimes can come back with a new account, they can always be blocked again. Moreover, the part of this definition that is completely preposterous is the “exclusion” part. The exclusion, according to the Second Article of the law, is defined as “Intentionally and cruelly excluding someone from an online group.” This idea is incredibly pointless because exclusion from, for example, a friend group in real life will not land a person in a courtroom unless done extremely cruelly. Once again, the internet should be the same. Criminally prosecuting someone for denying admittance into an online group or guild is absolutely ridiculous. Hence, if a law about cyberbullying was passed, it would contain bogus ideas.
Finally, criminal prosecution is not the only way to deal with cyberbullying. Schools already teach how to deal with normal bullying. And cyberbullying should be included in those presentations. Children and teens should be taught to block trolls and excluders instead of running straight to the police. According to Article Two, “Children should be taught to manage and avoid offensive situations.” If children were taught how to deal with cyberbullying, the threat of it will greatly reduce. There are many other ways to deal with cyberbullying before criminal prosecution should even be
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution gives all US citizens the right to free speech. Subsequently, teens should not be prosecuted for things said online because a cyberbullying law would violate The First Amendment, include ridiculous things, and defeat any other way to deal with cyberbullying.
To begin, a cyberbullying law would violate the First Amendment. The Constitution is not a set of guidelines that the government could follow if they like what it says. The Constitution is a set of rights that everyone in America obtains upon gaining citizenship. The right to freedom of speech that is listed in the First Amendment should not be treated as a privilege; however, many Democratic New York Senators feel as …show more content…
To elaborate, the article by Kirk Sigmon states that “NY State Senators … define cyberbullying as a plethora of allegedly offensive acts on the Internet. Hilariously, the Senators include ‘trolling’ … and ‘exclusion’ … as part of their definition of cyber-bulling.” Firstly, trolls can be dealt with simply by blocking them. Although they sometimes can come back with a new account, they can always be blocked again. Moreover, the part of this definition that is completely preposterous is the “exclusion” part. The exclusion, according to the Second Article of the law, is defined as “Intentionally and cruelly excluding someone from an online group.” This idea is incredibly pointless because exclusion from, for example, a friend group in real life will not land a person in a courtroom unless done extremely cruelly. Once again, the internet should be the same. Criminally prosecuting someone for denying admittance into an online group or guild is absolutely ridiculous. Hence, if a law about cyberbullying was passed, it would contain bogus ideas.
Finally, criminal prosecution is not the only way to deal with cyberbullying. Schools already teach how to deal with normal bullying. And cyberbullying should be included in those presentations. Children and teens should be taught to block trolls and excluders instead of running straight to the police. According to Article Two, “Children should be taught to manage and avoid offensive situations.” If children were taught how to deal with cyberbullying, the threat of it will greatly reduce. There are many other ways to deal with cyberbullying before criminal prosecution should even be