Imagine you are being cyberbullied and you tell the school, but they can’t do much about it because the person who cyberbullied you is saying their first amendment rights are being violated. Schools should limit students’ online speech because their are many negative effects of cyberbullying and it is unfair to the victim that the school can’t do much about it. Restrictions schools should place on what students say using electronic media are: the students’ have to sign a document saying they they won’t cyberbully and certain apps and websites shouldn’t be allowed for people under the age of 18. There are three main reasons why schools should limit students’ online speech: several students’ and teachers have been cyberbullied before, students can cyber bully other students on social media, and cyberbullying is threatening, harmful, and humiliating. …show more content…
Evidence supporting this reason is “I have been cyberbullied (lifetime) girls: 25.1% and boys: 16.1%.” (Doc. A) More evidence that supports this reason is “In a survey of british school teachers 15.1% of the teachers have been a victim of cyberbullying and 36.8% of those teachers had their self esteem lowered.” This evidence helps explain why schools should limit students’ online speech because both students, male and female, and teachers have been cyberbullied and most of those teachers reacted with a negative