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There is an issue that has been happening since I can remember, which is cyberbullying and the ethical issues of cyberbullying by the negativity that has been occurring in social media sites. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. I have a Facebook account since I was in high school and on my newsfeed, I have seen my friends cyberbullying other people online. Not only my friends were involved in cyberbullying, but strangers and unanimous users were creating fake accounts to “expose” their victims at the same time by typing false information about them for their own entertainment and to make their victims feel terrified. Today, I still see people getting cyberbullied on Facebook and it has become more common to be exposed in these types of behaviors and it is unfortunate for the victims to suffer from that embarrassment since everyone online are easily manipulated to think that everything mentioned on the internet is true. There are many reasons that cyberbullying can occur, but the main reasons are griefing, drama, harassment and relationship violence. Griefing is when someone irritates and annoys you online, but the victim does not know the person due to the fact that the person does not have a profile picture or an unrecognizable name. The griefing event is generally isolated, continuing until the griever has gotten the reaction he or she wants. Drama is a common type of bullying that often occurs in school, but it spreads on social media. Unlike griefing, drama happens when the bully and the victim personally know each other. Harassment is a “traditional” type of bullying, which the bully is “picking on” their victim online. Drama and harassment sounds that both mean the same thing and have the same result, but the key difference between drama and harassment is that in drama people involved have the same amount of “social power” that there are witnessed by many people. Harassment is more threatening such as abusive text messages where rarely there is no witnesses at all. Relationship violence has been spread throughout social media when a relationship has ended or in a rocky situation. Often mostly women are being cyberbullied by their former partner by threatening them by uploading photos and screenshots of their text messages on social media. I have seen this type of behavior on social media from people that I don’t know and what amazed me is that there are many users looking at the photos and laughing at the situation. The users make the situation worse by mocking the victim and calling the victim names that I cannot add in my blog. People that are being cyberbullied often commit suicide and fall into depression due to the fact that they feel vulnerable since anything that is posted on the internet, it stays on the internet permanently. I have seen and read many articles about cyberbullied victims committing suicide and it makes me angry that someone has the nerve to bully people online and not feel any type of remorse. Cyberbullying is becoming more common to occur since technology is advancing each year since people can access the internet in almost every electronic device.
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Adrienne Horca
5/1/2017 11:30:00 am
Fernando,
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Ian Kindall
5/3/2017 07:51:55 am
Great topic but do you know what is being done about cyber bullying?
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Darren Chan
5/3/2017 09:02:05 pm
Cyber bullying is something that cannot be stopped unfortunately. Anything that happens online is hard to stop once it has started. There will always be one or two bullies online even if there was a way to stop them. All we can do is try to avoid situations like these.
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Anita Garcia
5/3/2017 10:03:29 pm
I wonder if software that could detect cyber bullying could prevent it from happening. This also makes me wonder if this software would classify someone engaging in selfdefense would also be categorized as bullying. If the software created to not allow bullying would be implemented, then online self defense would not be needed, theoretically. From a programmatic stand point though, it an interesting thought. Is self defense considered to be bullying? What features would one use to classify one as the other?
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Angela Bomarito
5/11/2017 09:37:04 pm
Hi Fernando, I also have had social media accounts since I was much younger, and I've definitely seen many occasions of cyber bullying. You are completely right when you say that the people commenting things in support of the bully make it so much worse. It only validates the bully to keep acting abusively, but it can encourage others to do the same. Unfortunately with younger kids they are often hesitant to stand up to someone. But I hope that we can teach our kids to be stronger and to block people when needed.
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Laura Chavez
5/16/2017 08:02:33 pm
Often what happens when someone is cyberbullying another person, is that their friends start jumping and then their friends' friends. It becomes a chain and makes it hard to stop.
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Mariel Calande
5/13/2017 03:33:31 pm
I think the worst "solution" to cyberbullying was the rise in campaigns against it. Like anytime there is a campaign for students to stop saying an offensive word or to stop bullying, it quickly becomes a joke because of how naive and tactless they are. However, one solution I do think actually works is the law that holds people accountable. Charging cyberbullies with manslaughter for the suicide of a victim is one way that sets an example. However unfortunately, these cases are not often investigated and many bullies get away with it.
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Laura Chavez
5/16/2017 08:05:14 pm
I don't really like campaigns that "raise awareness". I personally feel like they don't do much. Although there aren't law in place for cyber bullying, I do know that there are laws against "revenge porn". Which an ex partner threaten to release pictures without the other person's consent.
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Fernando MadrigalHello, my name is Fernando Madrigal and I am a Junior at CSUMB. My major is Computer Science with my concentration in Network and Security. I recently transferred from Hartnell Community College last fall. Archives
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