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Essay / Persuasive Essay on Cyberbullying - 1119
More than 2 billion people use the Internet today. In North America, 78.6% of the 300 million inhabitants are online users. Some of these users are children aged 12 to 17. Many of these children simply use the Internet to research, do homework, and even play games. However, a large portion of these children use these tools to threaten, harass or gang up on other children. This is what we call cyberbullying. The ease of communication due to significant advances online has helped push bullying beyond harassment in school or on the playground and into cyberspace. This is why schools, authorities, businesses and the third sector must come together to try to alleviate the persistent causes of cyberbullying, as it is a problem that greatly affects our children, who are the future of tomorrow. which has surfaced in recent times, has quickly accelerated to become one of the most observed forms of bullying in today's society. With the ease of use of the Internet and social media, new types of bullies are born every day. Unfortunately, although this problem has only just developed, it has proven to be one of the worst forms of bullying in recent years, based solely on the ongoing and detrimental negative effects associated with it. This not only affects a person's physical well-being, but it also has the effect of destroying a person's psyche – and therein lies the real problem. Cyberbullying tends to happen wherever teenagers gather, which in itself is a destructive pattern since teenagers are at that age where social status and self-realization are important to their development and how they find themselves . So, having to ex... middle of paper ......to know more you can go to http://www.cybersmile.org/stop-cyberbullying-day Additionally, you can help those who you know , you may be suffering from this form of bullying by referring them to anonymous helplines specifically aimed at people in the same situations as them. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273 TALK (8255) provides critical, emotional support to people in crisis. By connecting someone you know to a helpline like this, you could save a life. Our young people are indeed a very important asset to our world today and as such it is our responsibility to ensure that they are emotionally and physically stable. succeed in our society. By carrying out tasks as simple as speaking with them, running anti-cyberbullying campaigns and further research into ways to put an end to such a destructive phenomenon, we can ensure that this is ensured...