How Should Social Media Be Brought To Trial

I strongly believe that individuals making threatening statements on social media should be held responsible and brought to trial. Some of the internet outlets that support and do not monitor who and what is being posted on their pages should also be held responsible. It is far too easy for someone to hide behind the shield of a computer, laptop or cellphone. These individuals are given an opportunity to remain unidentified and can easily remain nameless while terrorizing, shaming and threatening an individual, company or country.

The simple fact that the source of these threats can remain concealed is in itself, worrisome in some cases. Some children recently have been cyberbullied and these incidents have led to suicide attempts and tragic deaths that could have been avoided. There is another issue in our country regarding some being radicalized by propaganda on certain sites that have not been supervised by the management of the sites they are allowed to post on.

On the other hand, all individuals have the right to speech under the First Amendment of the Constitution. This assures the antagonizers the natural right to speak their mind. If the sites, took more responsibility on monitoring their customers this may still protect the person making the statement, as well as the person being harassed. This may …show more content…
Some examples are teenagers that have been cyberbullied. Students are bullied at school but the ability to post something online gives the victim a sense of taking the bully home with them. There is no escape available. The mean and cruel posts are there for all to see and can be left there for an extended period of time. This does not give the student that is being victimized any type of release. The attacks can go on and spread to those that weren’t involved in the beginning. This causes more chaos and creates a web of individuals that given an opportunity may not have been