User:Lpsherman1219/Cyberbullying

Court Case
In June of 2020 the Supreme Court a landmark decision regarding student speech rights in the digital age in Court Case Mahanoy Area Sch, District vs. Des Moines Indep. Community Sch. District 393 US 503 (1969) that governs student speech under the First Amendment. The courts ruled that schools have "less leeway" to regulate such speech than they do regarding speech that takes place in the school or during school programs. The Court therefore ruled that the school district had violated a student's constitutional under Tinkers when it suspended her for her post on Snapchat which took place at a remote location did not target any specific students or school staff and was limited to a vulgarity-laced rant about the school's cheerleading program, (free speech.) In the court case Doe vs Hopkinton Public Schools attorney John Foskett of Calerio Dominello and Hillman LLC with the National Association of School Board to file an amicus brief. This case too was connected to Snapchat and the school's hockey team events which caused another student to not try out for the hockey team, and to withdraw from a class and the student that was being picked on went on and changed schools. The school suspended the students that were involved. Because the students had made the post "off campus" it was claimed that their First Amendment rights were violated. The courts rejected the claims and in its decision on appeal, three Court of Appeals affirmed the judgement and upheld the discipline. Doe is significant because it is the first federal appellate decision in the country to address off campus speech by students in light of the Supreme Court's Mahanoy ruling

Statistics
On Instagram, 42% of teenagers have encountered cyberbullying, while 37% of them have used Facebook for bullying. 38% of respondents report daily exposure to cyberbullying on social media.

According to research school age children in a range from 12-17, 9% of them have told others that they were another person when they interact with others online.

The national bullying prevention center defines bullying as "unwanted, repeated, aggressive, and negative behavior.