Even though there have been vast improvements in social networking site’s privacy and protection abilities it is still a dangerous and evolving territory that needs far greater improvement before people can stop being hurt. Something so new and so easily accessible to such a large number of people is bound to have negative and adverse effects. With all these cases of cyberbullying and the amount of fake profilers out there, privacy settings and ways to weed out fake profiles needs to be a priority for the creators and developers of these social networks As social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram become increasingly prominent in the lives of America’s youth, society continues to see its impacts reflected in the lives of
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Cyberbullying has been made possible because so much of America’s youth now has an online presence and they do not choose to use the available privacy setting that can prevent these awful instances from occurring. It has become terribly easy for people to pick apart others posts, criticize them to no end and make rude and ridiculous comments all while hiding behind a screen. Cyberbullying can range from something as simple as a rude comment made on a picture someone may have posted to vulgar and cruel jokes. One example of the cruelty of teenagers through their use of cyberbullying was when a couple of teenage girls from Florida created a profile for a girl who was in their class. The two girls posted a photo shopped photo of the classmate so that her head was on a nude body and they were then forced to remove the profile. They later created a second profile where the posted a picture of her with her mouth open next to an erect penis. They two young girls were arrested and charged with aggravated cyberstalking and commented that they did not regret their decision and that they were just having some fun. (Kowalski 12) Social media has created such an easy way for youth to bully and this is unfortunate because bullying can have such a traumatic and lasting effect for so many. These traumatized people sometimes use social media to be someone that they are not so they can get away from such
Cyberbullying has been made possible because so much of America’s youth now has an online presence and they do not choose to use the available privacy setting that can prevent these awful instances from occurring. It has become terribly easy for people to pick apart others posts, criticize them to no end and make rude and ridiculous comments all while hiding behind a screen. Cyberbullying can range from something as simple as a rude comment made on a picture someone may have posted to vulgar and cruel jokes. One example of the cruelty of teenagers through their use of cyberbullying was when a couple of teenage girls from Florida created a profile for a girl who was in their class. The two girls posted a photo shopped photo of the classmate so that her head was on a nude body and they were then forced to remove the profile. They later created a second profile where the posted a picture of her with her mouth open next to an erect penis. They two young girls were arrested and charged with aggravated cyberstalking and commented that they did not regret their decision and that they were just having some fun. (Kowalski 12) Social media has created such an easy way for youth to bully and this is unfortunate because bullying can have such a traumatic and lasting effect for so many. These traumatized people sometimes use social media to be someone that they are not so they can get away from such