As schools are becoming increasingly online-based, more questions are arising on certain school policies. One of these policies is cyberbullying. Should act as moderators for online activity of students and teachers? Or would doing so be an overreaction to cyberbullying and possibly violate the 1st Amendment? It’s not necessary for schools to get involved in cyberbullying as it’s often very easy to escape from. Only 15% of students and 15% of teachers are actually being or have been cyberbullied and most are unaffected by it. There’s no evidence suggesting that it’s drastically worse than being bullied face-to-face. So long as cyberbullying doesn’t provoke violent action or seriously harm a person, schools likely don’t need to get involved as most forms of social media allow for blocking and reporting users. A study done in 2010 shows that students ages 10-18 illustrates how cyberbullying is not a serious problem compared to other forms of bullying. The study shows that only 15% of students have been cyberbullied in the past 30 days (Doc A). If only 15% of students have been cyberbullied within the past 30 days, it seems like an overreaction for schools to get involved in students fighting amongst themselves over the Internet. Some might argue that this 15% of students still matters and that people have created…show more content… The article states that bullying has been present long before the Internet. Being harassed face-to-face is a much more serious issue than being sent a text or private message or viewing a malicious page about someone. There’s little research to suggest that cyberbullying is a dramatically worse danger to young people than being harassed in real life is (Doc F). This shows that schools seem to be misrepresenting cyberbullying as a much bigger threat than it actually is. Restricting the rights of people over electronics is still restricting the rights of
