Essay On Trolling

“According to new survey results from the market research firm YouGov, nearly 30 percent of Americans admit to engaging in ‘malicious online activity directed at somebody they didn 't know’” (Rex). This type of activity could be described as “trolling.” Trolling is frequently seen in comments sections on online forums such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other types of social media on the Internet. Likewise, trolling is becoming a concerned issue as social media plays an important role in this sophisticated society. While more people enjoy bullying or trolling anonymously on social media, there are controversies on online speech morality. Some people argue that online comments should not be controlled while some people urge to moderate those comments sections. Even …show more content…
While some people are posting trolling comments as leisure, these comments can bring up racial or gender discrimination on social media and in the actual society as well. According to an article from Los Angeles Times, Patt Morrison states, “It 's hard to get demographics on who trolls are, but you note that their targets are usually women, people of color and LGBT people, and sometimes Christians and Republicans”. In addition to discrimination, the author assumes that trolling is likely to be made from white and male perspectives (Morrison). This claim clearly represents how discrimination is occurring on the Internet especially on comments sections. By targeting specific groups of people by anonymous people, it can easily create racial and gender discrimination against women or other ethnicities. Even though people have their freedom of speech, they should express it in an appropriate way without offending any specific group of people on online forums such as YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook. Therefore, controlling comments sections on social media can eliminate racial and sexual discrimination in the