Cyberbullying Dbq

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Cyberbullying (by dictionary definition) is the act of being habitually cruel to others by the use of actions on the internet. It’s getting to be a bigger problem for students and teachers. Some schools and school districts say it is for the best if they limit the online speech of students. This way, bullying will be reduced. Select students think this is an outrage! Schools should not be able to limit online speech because it does not affect the majority of students and teachers, it does not cause class disruption, and it is a violation of our First Amendment free speech rights. According to the graphs in Documents A and B, the evidence shows that cyberbullying does not affect most students and teachers the statistics present that…show more content…
and her social media profile being suspended for being a disruption to math teacher Randy Nunemacher’s class. Nunemacher had to continuously tell students to stop talking (three times, raising his voice on the third) This lecture lasted five minutes He admitted that the talking was not a unique (but not the only) incident. Nunemacher also said that he usually only needed to tell kids to stop talking about various topics around once a week. The court declared that since the school could not have reasonably forecasted a substantial disruption or material interference with the class, the school district violated J.S.’s First Amendment free speech rights when it gave J.S. the 10-day no-school suspension for creating the…show more content…
One part of the statement says, “Bullying has been around… before the internet. Previously, young people have harassed and [scared and threatened] each other face to face and through the use of third parties, mail, telephone, airwaves and only now via internet communications.” This means that bullying is nothing new and cyberbullying is little different from other forms of harassment. The ACLU notes “there is little research to suggest that the dangers to young people are dramatically and threatened] each other face to face and through the use of third parties, mail, telephone, airwaves and only now via internet communications.” This means that bullying is nothing new and cyberbullying is little different from other forms of harassment. The ACLU notes “there is little research to suggest that the dangers to young people are dramatically worse online than offline. They urge Congress to accurately assess the severity of the threat before taking steps toward limiting online speech. According to the ACLU’s judgement, any restriction aimed at limiting speech rights of people under 18 in electronic forums are a step in the wrong direction and it is not keeping aware of the ideals of our Constitutional

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