The Rise Of Cyber Bullying

In this modern era , the Internet can be easily accessed at home , cyber-cafes or at shopping malls.Internet is a beneficial technological breakthrough that allowed most of us to communicate with each other regardless of our location or how far are we away from each other.This has paved the way for cyber-bullying which can be done anonymously, thus anyone can cyber-bully anyone just by a click of a button, causing physical or psychological damage to the victim.

A organization , which is researching the extent of damage done by cyber-bullying, has discovered that cyber-bullying has affected more than half the students surveyed, on both sides
of the issue. Their latest assessments surveyed more than 1500 students ranging from fourth to eighth grade across the country.

The range of effects of cyber-bullying and the damage caused by it is very huge.Ranging from simply causing a bad mood in the victim to injecting suicidal thoughts into the victim's mind.It may also cause the victim to have psychological problems when they grows older.The duration of the damage may be temporary or could be permanent.

Although actions have been taken but i believe its not enough as now , there are only unofficial groups taking actions against cyber-bullying but due to the fact that they are powerless , nothing much can be done except for them to educate parents and minors alike ways to prevent them being a victim of cyber-bullying.I feel that the relevant official government departments should take actions against cyber-bullying , enacting laws to protect and to prevent people to fall victim to cyber-bullying or fining cyber-bullies. I believe thats the only way to curb cyber-bullying once and for all.

I also feel that students should receive more education on how to protect themselves against cyber-bullying and ways to deal with cyber-bullying if they became a victim of it.I believe with the proper education , suicides or other psychological cases related to cyber-bullying could be reduced to a minimal.