Analysis: Reasons for Introduction of New Cyberbullying Legislation

This report critically evaluates the reasons for the introduction of new legislation to address the pervasive issue of cyberbullying. The report begins by defining cyberbullying and its impact on individuals, particularly within social media contexts like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It highlights the increasing prevalence of online harassment and the need for governmental intervention, citing statistics on the number of children affected. The main body of the report explores the need for new legislation to enforce strict policies on social media platforms, regulate their activities, and identify and eliminate cyberbullies. The report emphasizes the importance of understanding the outcomes of cyberbullying and taking appropriate action to protect the mental well-being of individuals. The report provides recommendations for legislation, including establishing committees to address cyberbullying and developing systems to monitor online activities. It also stresses the importance of communication with the victims of cyberbullying and the use of problem-solving approaches to address the issue. The report concludes by reiterating the importance of governmental action and the use of effective communication and problem-solving approaches to solve the problem and ensure safety and security.

EVALUATE THE REASONS
FOR THE INTRODUCTION
OF NEW LEGISLATION TO
DEAL WITH THE
PROBLEM OF CYBER
BULLYING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Learning Outcome 1....................................................................................................................3
Learning Outcome 2....................................................................................................................4
Learning Outcome 3....................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Today, cyberbullying has become one of the major surrounding issues on the internet.
For the government and the society it has become important to deal with the issues of
cyberbullying (Whittaker and Kowalski, 2015). The present report explores the ways in which
the problem can be effectively dealt with. Along with it, the report provides appropriate
recommendations as well.
MAIN BODY
Learning Outcome 1
Cyberbullying is one of the major problems which is being faced by the world today. In
order to deal with this problem governments across the world have implemented strong
implications on a variety of websites. These websites includes social media websites particularly.
Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are the major ones where cyberbullying is
taking place on a large basis. It has become important for the government and the people of the
society to take appropriate measures in order to deal with the situation of cyberbullying.
As per the facts, it has been seen that nearly 43% of the kids have been bullied on online
platforms and for 1 out of 4, it has happened more than once. Today, 80% of the teens use a cell
phone on a regular basis which makes it a most common medium for cyber bullying (11 facts
about cyber bullying, 2017). The governments are across the world are taking appropriate
measures to deal with the situation of cyberbullying, yet it has been seen that they are not
effectively dealing with this problem. This makes it essential for the countries to introduce new
legislation in order deal with the problem.
Under new legislations countries can promote strict policies on the organisation such as
Facebook, Google, Instagram etc. Also, the government can pass laws under which these social
media and internet platforms are going to be regulated on a regular basis to find and discard
cyber bullies. It is the responsibility of the government to understand the outcomes of
cyberbullying and take appropriate actions (Brewer and Kerslake, 2015). The concern is
impacting a lot of lives across the world and children are being tortured and harassed on a large
scale. It can impact the growth and development of the society and can largely impact the mental
well-being of the people living in the society as well.

Learning Outcome 2
As per my opinion, I believe that cyberbullying is one of the biggest situation which our
world is facing that is making young people and children suffering from issues of proper growth
and development. Children's at the times when they are growing up, or specially in the young
age when face bullying on online platforms. It impacts their growth and makes them suffer from
mental illness, psychological problems and a variety of diseases and illnesses. It is the high time
that our community and the government with adjoined efforts deal with the situation of
cyberbullying. The best effort which can be done here is to introduce necessary legislations.
These necessary legislation can help the government in reducing the crimes such as
cyberbullying taking place on the internet. It can also help the government in ensuring that
appropriate growth and development is taking place in the children's and would allow it to ensure
their better mental and physical health (Waasdorp and Bradshaw, 2015). The legislations which
can be passed here includes setting up a committee which will be addressing these issues on a
regular basis. The member of the committee will seek new ways in order to ensure that the
practices of cyberbullying are being eliminated entirely. Also, the committee can take regular
interviews and surveys from the people of the committee and the victims to identify the best
possible solutions.
The other important legislation which can be passed here includes developing such
systems which can keep a track on the activities of the internet and eliminating cyberbullying
practices. These systems can regularly keep a check on the social media platforms where people
spend most of their times on and can check is some person is bullying another one. This can help
the government to deal with the practices of cyberbullying and would ensure a clean
environment where social media platforms are safe and secure to be used by people across the
world.
Learning Outcome 3
The appropriate legislation will keep the criminals away from bullying the children and
other individual and would provide better satisfaction to them while making use of social media
platforms and the internet (Olweus and Limber, 2018). In order to pass important legislation the
government first requires to make use of effective communication with the individuals of the
society and the victims of cyberbullying as well. Communicating with them would allow the
government and chief officials to understand what important aspects needs to be considered

while making or implicating any important legislation. This is going to ease the efforts of the
government and would provide it with effective solutions.
Along with it, the government can make use of better problem solving approaches in
order to deal with the situation of cyberbullying. It is because better problem solving would help
the government to look into the situation with more depth and understand what could be done to
resolve if such problems arises. It can help the government of the countries to ensure that as per
the problem situation appropriate actions are being taken. The approach of problem solving is
one of the most effective one while solving any problems. By using this approach the
government can identify the problem being faced by the community and its people and can pass
appropriate legislations to deal with the problem of cyberbullying (Barlett, Gentile and Chew,
2016). It can ensure the proper growth and development of the society and its people.
CONCLUSION
Cyberbullying is one of the biggest issues which our world is facing after the arrival of
internet. The above drawn conclusions showcase that it is important for the government to make
use of appropriate measures in order to deal with this issue. The approaches which government
can make use here is effective communication and problem solving. This would help the
government to put in appropriate efforts to solve the problem and ensure safety and security of
the society.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Barlett, C. P., Gentile, D. A. and Chew, C., 2016. Predicting cyberbullying from
anonymity. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. 5(2). p.171.
Brewer, G. and Kerslake, J., 2015. Cyberbullying, self-esteem, empathy and
loneliness. Computers in human behavior. 48. pp.255-260.
Olweus, D. and Limber, S. P., 2018. Some problems with cyberbullying research. Current
opinion in psychology. 19. pp.139-143.
Waasdorp, T. E. and Bradshaw, C. P., 2015. The overlap between cyberbullying and traditional
bullying. Journal of Adolescent Health. 56(5). pp.483-488.
Whittaker, E. and Kowalski, R. M., 2015. Cyberbullying via social media. Journal of School
Violence. 14(1). pp.11-29.