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Cyberbullying Laws - Assignment

Prepare a 1500 word business submission on behalf of an interest group, firm or business association on a hypothetical government inquiry.

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Cyberbullying Laws - Assignment

Prepare a 1500 word business submission on behalf of an interest group, firm or business association on a hypothetical government inquiry.

   Added on 2021-04-17

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Running head: ADEQUACY OF CYBERBULLYING LAWSADEQUACY OF CYBERBULLYING LAWSName of the University:Name of the Student:Authors Note:
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1ADEQUACY OF CYBERBULLYING LAWSIn the recent times, the cyberbullying victims are approaching to law for both criminaland civil cases to get justice. In the traditional forms bullying continues to exist and now inthis modern era cyber bullying is adapted. It has gradually shaped its presence in the life ofpeople through digital communication technologies and media (Heatheringto and Coyne2017). The people address the high power imbalance between the bullies and them so thatsome vindications can be obtained. Facebook is a social networking service and online socialmedia company. According to (Aph.gov.au. 2018) millions of households in Australia havebeen subjected to internet abuses. Facebook is too facing the problem due to identity theft andvirus infections. Therefore it is important for the government of Australia to impose adequatecriminal laws and legal framework. The current cumulative effect of cyberbullying of peoplein Australia, has therefore led to increase in suicide and self-harm. While considering the vital fact, the adequacy of existing cyberbullying laws will beexamined. The role of education and self-regulation is important to consider while addressingthe bullying. Moreover, it is significant to ascertain Harmful Digital Communication (HDC)Bill that is confined to cyberbullying and change is suggested for the proposed scheme(Whittaker and Kowalski 2015). Outline of Harmful Digital Communication BillThe vital component of cyber bullying includes the harmful digital communication.The bill would therefore develop a three-tier system to overcome the issue. At the initiallevel, the bill would create an established approved agency. This would also be the ‘go to’source for meditation and responsible for allegedly harmful digital communication throughFacebook that lead to harmful digital bullying. Moreover, the bill would also create newcriminal offence that is designed to combat the current cyberbullying laws. The regulationswill allow the law to grant new powers so that order can be given to remove any harmful
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2ADEQUACY OF CYBERBULLYING LAWSdigital contents, identification of anonymous authors and corrections should be published sothat a proper right of reply can be imparted to the target for harmful digital communications.Moreover, the bill would also propose alterations to the Crimes Act 1961 Therefore, it canalso adequately respond to various challenges that are posed by digital communications(Aph.gov.au. 2018). Background to the issue of CyberbullyingCyberbullying: In the earlier times, bullying refers to the verbal, physical andrelational aggressions that have been the social issues since a long time. Most of the bullyinggenerally occurs between young people and children. However, in the recent times bullying isalso common between adults in their workplaces and also leads to severe consequences.According to Pabian and Vandebosch (2016), there is presently no academic consensus that iswhat behavior leads to cyberbullying. It is usually focused on the severe interactions takingplace among the young generation using the internet and mobile phones. Vranjes et al.(2018) defines cyberbullying as crime that is done to harass, embarrass or hurt somebodythrough the application of mobile phones, internet and using other technologies like digitalcamera. Due to cyberbullying severe case has been highlighted that has been a major factorleading to self harm or suicides. Slonje, Smith and Frisén (2017), focused on popularperception stating that cyberbullying generally occurs among young people. It is moreadverse than the traditional or face to face bullying. However, Whittaker and Kowalski(2015) contended that online and cyberbullying is merely an advanced form of traditionalway of bullying that has adopted itself to the latest technology. Cyberbullying leads to imbalance of power harm the target to defend themselves.Therefore, the power imbalance and anonymity is given to the bullies online. Digitalcommunication could lead to the digital longevity of communications. Any harmful comment
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