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Breaking the Law by Cyber Bullying:

Cyber bullying can be defined as bullying another using technology in the form of threats, embarrassing photos, etc. Cyber bullying is considered to be more dangerous because once something is on-line, it is incredibly hard to remove it. The effects of cyber bullying are as followed kids are more likely too "Use alcohol and drugs, skip school,experience in-person bullying, be unwilling to attend school, receive poor grades have lower self-esteem, and have more health problems".

Here are some statistics of cyber bullying for students/youth; "The 2013-2014 School Crime Supplement (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics) indicates that 7% of students in grades 6–12 experienced cyberbullying. The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey finds that 15% of high school students (grades 9-12) were electronically bullied in the past year". .

Because of the severity bullying there is now laws set in place for acts of cyber bullying called Protecting Canadians from On-line Crime Act which "focuses on making amendments to the Criminal Code to include acts related to the online publication or distribution of potentially damaging personal information. This includes, for example, distributing intimate photographs without the subject’s consent." .

There have been many cases over the years of youth hurting themselves, and going as far as committing suicide because of cyber bullying. Acts such as Bill C-13 which is an anti-cyber bullying law are in place to make harassments over using technology illegal, exposing the "dark side" of technology in this day and age.

It will be hard to stop cyber bullying all together because the youth are very tech savy, technology is a part of every day life 24/7. But having the laws in place is a good start to put an end to the tragedy of youth committing suicide.