What Is Cyber Bullying Essay

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Cyberbullying: What is it?
Have you ever dealt with a bully? Imagine being bullied at every hour of the day, even while being in the safety of home. The question everyone asks is “Why not ignore cyberbullying?” We all need to consider that cyberbullying isn’t a fly on the wall that could be killed at any second. Cyberbullying is a huge problem in society that is not often heard of until it is too late, as many teens decide to commit suicide and deal with depression.

A reason why social media is dangerous for teenager is because teeagers are vunerable to any type of pressure. Cyberbullying is becoming more popular than regular school bullying. With cyberbullying it’s easier to use a disguise to anonymously harass a victim versus the whole
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Cyber bullies who select classmates are most likely to choose a victim based on if the person it either popular, rich, poor, social, or if the victim has done things they are regretful of, but the most popular one is if the bully is jealous of the victim.(End Cyber Bullying) Older cyber bullies may select their victims by viewing non private accounts and using or creating a fake account of a handsome teenage boy or a beautiful teenage girl to fool the teenager into sending them sexual videos, photos or messages, after they talk for several time they then threaten for more or simply send out the pictures, videos or messages to feel satisfied. (End …show more content…
Cyberbullying is a huge problem in society that is not often heard of until it is too late, as many teens decide to commit suicide and deal with depression.
Actions should be taken to prevent suicide and self harm from cyber bullying although it’s a difficult situation to get rid of and may take decades to get rid of, it’s better to deal with something that affects us now and with time could be eliminated than to allow cyber bullying to continue and perhaps get affect our children, grandchildren, or

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