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Why people Cyberbully

Cyber bullying has been around for decades, shaping many youths’ lives and making them rethink their likes and dislikes and questioning their personal image. But why do people cyberbully? An endcyberbullying,org article explains that cyber-bullying is a way to get popular whilst boosting one’s self esteem. Another reason they give is peer pressure, believing cyber-bullying is acceptable and their friends encouragement to post hurtful comments. One last reason is the fact that you can remain anonymous on the internet, with this you can cyber bully anyone without anybody knowing who you are or what you look like.

Types Of Cyber-bullying

There are many types of cyber bullying such as name calling, harassment, spreading rumors etc. According to a CN cyber bullying report 70 percent of victims report that their personal image had been affected, and 13 percent of those victims had been affected physically. 

Performance under cyber-bullying

Cyber bullying can affect teens mentally, giving them a low self esteem and starting to care about themselves a lot less or a lot more. When this is put into consideration students are more likely to drop out or put up a low performance in school. Another concerning matter is the possibility of substance abuse and carrying a concealed weapon . Adolescent children are more likely to make haste decisions like taking drugs and alcohol as it’s a common belief that both can relieve stress. Lastly a child might carry a weapon to ensure their safety if they feel like their life is threatened

A Victim Of Cyber-bullying

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BBC News-Nate Bronstein

According to a Fox News article written by Audrey Conklin, Nate Bronstein had ended himself because of harassment in real life and online. Rumors about Nate had gone around suggesting he had switched schools because he was a “terrible” person, prior to the introduction of in person learning after the pandemic. Being online didn’t treat him any better, because after joining a group-chat with his basketball team they would usually call him names, threaten to hurt him, and tell him to end it, and even outside this group chat the same would still go on. He took his own life on January 13 2022 as his mental health never got any better as well as the dean allegedly did nothing about the situation for an unspecified reason. Nate’s parents never found out about his issues until it was too late.

Stopping Cyber-bullying

Trisha Prabhu is a global advocate who invented Rethink as a way to stop cyber bullying. This tech warns you on if your post or comment is harmful or not. On the Rethink website Prabhu collected global data in which 93 percent of Rethink users decided not to post an offensive comment. A way you can personally stop cyber bullying is reporting users who have said offensive things and blocking the user if they’re harassing you.

If you feel down after the incident, text 741741 to reach the cyber bully hotline.

Christopher Desiderio is a junior at East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy. He enjoys playing chess with his friends and has organized a couple of tournaments, as well as a schoolwide videogame tournanment.