Cyberbullying. It's a word that we, as social media people, cringe at. It's literally occurring when a child is harassed or tortured while being online. It used to belong exclusively to the Internet, but social media like Facebook or Twitter. There was a movie in 2004 on Lifetime entitled Odd Girl Out. In it, the main character, Vanessa Snyder, began getting ostracized by her so-called friends for no main reason. They created a website entitled "Hating Vanessa" and began distributing videos and other content harassing Vanessa. If she thought that was bad, just wait what would happen if social media was involved in this.
Why do some people get off on cyber bullying someone? What's the purpose of it and why would someone want to do it? According to a website called bullyingstatistics.org, it's due to the fact that this kind of abuse can occur anytime, anywhere. The website does say, however, that "Some cyber bullies are victims of real world bullying, and go online and bully others to feel powerful." Some might refer to that as revenge or retaliation, but it's bullying no matter what way you look at it.
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