Cyber-bullying is not a criminal offence

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BUILDING ARGUMENT: Cyber-bullying is criminal offence
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Introduction
Cyber bullying focuses of the usage of technology in order to cause harm to an individual in an
unethical manner. Electronic devices like cell phones, laptops, etc. can be used as the medium of
cyber bullying. The technology uses the internet connection and spreads email, social media in
the form of images, threat messages, offensive posts, etc. The tendency or the vulnerability to
cyber bullying is more among the youngsters (Corcoran, Guckin and Prentice, 2015). But there
are also many adults who are indulging in cyber bullying. Thus there are measures which are
trying to bring cyber bullying under a criminal offence. However, I feel cyber bullying is not a
criminal offence.
Cyber bullying
Cyber bullying can be in many forms like sending vulgar images, making negative statements or
comments, blackmailing people, stalking a person, etc. (Olweus, 2016). These are all different
forms of harassment. However, cyber bullying should not be considered as a criminal offence. If
cyber bullying is brought under criminal laws, people will lose their anonymity which they enjoy
through internet. People also have the freedom to make independent statements and comments
on social media platforms. Facebook is a platform where people write their posts, comment on
other’s views and share their opinions. These might be disliked and reported as cyber bullying by
someone but these are not actual crimes.
Figure 1: Anti-Cyberbullying Laws and Policies in United States

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(Source: Stop Bullying, 2019)
In figure 1, it can be seen that in various states of the United States, cyber bullying is consider
dot only as an unethical practices, but also it is against the law. People might get into trouble
while indulging themselves in such activities. Social media is a medium to express one’s anti-
governmental views. These are needed to raise the voice of the mass against what is wrong.
Figure 2: Influence of social media