Cyber-bullying is bullying that occurs online. It's the use of information technology to harm or harass other people. Cyber-bullying commonly take place through text messages, emails, or posts of messages on social media sites. For example, posting mean comments or embarrassing photos of someone on Facebook, sending threatening messages, or verbally abuse others on the internet.
Cyber-bullying is a serious problem that we have to solve to prevent suicide. In the reading "Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies", a 12 years old girl committed suicide after being repeatedly bullied in person and online; but her mother had no idea that her daughter was being cyberbullied by group of middle-school children. In this incident, we can tell that teens are most likely become a victim of cyber-bullying, and cyber-bullying can cause serious harm to them. Therefore, we need to stop cyber-bullying.
I read the same article. Its difficult for parents to keep track of their kids now since there are so many social networking sites out there and teens always tend to keep things to themselves and not share with their parents, they'd rather share it online.
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