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Prevention
The tragedy of cyber bullying has become extremely prevalent in todays society. Since 95% of social media using teens reported to have witnessed malicious behavior on social media from 2009 to 2013, , the odds for rashness from the victim are very high. This calls for preventative measures. There is obviously not a 24 monitoring system on sites like Facebook, or Twitter so in this new age children must be taught at a young age the proper Internet behavior. This is a call for parents and educators to teach these modern skills. Three basic abilities to achieve in this are education through awareness, and advocacy. Parents and educators need to make children aware at a young age of the life changing effects cyber bullying can have on the victim. The next step for prevention is advocacy. For example, three high school students from Melville, New York organized a “Bullying Awareness Walk” where several hundred people turned out to show their support.