Cyber bullying is a new phenomenon that has been catching the attention of the general public for quite some time now. Many people see cyber bullying as a massive problem for the new generation of children being born into the age of the internet. I would have to agree that in some cases, a child may find themselves in situations where they are in a constant state of being harassed by anonymous internet users who dedicate time to making the lives of others inconvenient or down right horrendous. I myself know of ways to inconvenience people greatly through the internet and many of the people I interact with on the internet know these methods just as well if not better.
What I do see wrong in this whole concept of cyber bullying is the people trying to stop it. I know it would be hard for an average PC user to understand what DDOSing someone is or having hundreds of empty cardboard boxes shipped to an unlucky person's front door is, but it would be great if the people campaigning against cyber bullying were more focused on teaching children and teens how to have a better sense on what is and what is not suspicious on the internet. In a PBS article about the vulnerability of children to online predators and hackers and other malicious basement dwellers, it is stated that the children born into this age of technology are likely to fall into the traps of these people. I suppose I might be speaking for myself here or the many others that I know, but as someone who has locked them self away from the outside world for easily two thirds of my life, navigating the internet isn't as daunting as it's made out to be, There are general ideas that are shared among many people that happen to act as some sort of analysis of how the internet works and how you should deal with it.
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