Should Cyberbullying be a Criminal Offence

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Should Cyberbullying be a Criminal Offence

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Should cyberbullying be a criminal offence................................................................................1Recommendation.........................................................................................................................3CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

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INTRODUCTIONCyberbullying is a form of harassment that is done with the help of electronic items suchas mobile phones, computers, internet etc. It is also known as online bullying. (Whittaker andKowalski, 2015).As I am in favour of the topic that cyberbullying is the criminal offence for allthe people.Its mostly common among the teenagers as they are more addicted to mobile phonesthat will lead to bullying of another person. Victims who are suffering from cyberbullying ishaving low self esteem and negative responses towards others. Internet trolling is one type ofbullying that is being practised among the people for the purpose of harassment of others.MAIN BODYShould cyberbullying be a criminal offenceCyberbullying is the process that occurs from the use of electronic things like internet,email, mobile phones etc. As it arises when one person harass another person through the way ofsocial networking such as using twitter, Facebook etc. It can be repeated behaviour of anindividual for the sake of harming another people. As online platforms like using social media isthe main reason of increasing cyberbullying in the world. Victims of cyberbullying suffer fromthe problem of low self esteem, negative behaviour, angry, depressed etc. There are mainly twotypes of bullying cyberbullying and traditional bullying. As traditional bullying is done from faceto face interaction with each other. While cyberbullying is done from the technology that occursby using social networking(Waasdorp, and Bradshaw, 2015)Cyberbullying is divided into manyforms such as bombing, flaming, slandering, impersonation and defamation.In my opinion cyberbullying is an illegal activity that is practised nowadays and it haslead to serious consequences to people. As these consequences are depending on the specificcondition. In many cyberbullying cases person may get harassed or prosecuted. These cases weregone to the criminal court while in other cases people have to pay fine for it or may getimprisonment for many years. As larger laws is having their own rules for reducingcyberbullying. Criminal forms of cyberbullying are threats from making violent, threat of death,extortion, taking photo of other people who are standing at public places etc. If cyberbullyingcase is gone to the court either the victim is got fired or expelled or may be arrested. It is similarto the traditional bullying at some extent. Harassment is having a bad impact on the behaviour ofpeople(Brewer and Kerslake, 2015)Online bullying is considered to be more dangerous ascompared to other forms of bullying. Cyber stalking is also a form of bullying that take place1

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