My Presentation on Internet Safety

For my presentation, my group and I are doing internet safety/cyberbullying. Why I chose social networking and cyberbullying as my presentation is because it’s something I am passionate about. As someone who has been bullied inside and outside of the internet, I know why it is important to protect people and why the internet needs regulations to become a safer place. While watching a video on YouTube (I believe a TedTalk or some science channel) I learned how sites, such as Twitter, have very little control over what people post. Obviously, things can be reported, but because of the first amendment, these companies don't know where to draw the line without taking away rights. This is where problems occur. Issues like white supremacy come up, and people ask why that is not okay as a racial group, but BLM is? (stupid I know, but ignorant people, unfortunately, have opinions too). But that’s the issue, when is something okay and something not okay without stripping someone of their rights? There are plenty of videos on this topic and I would recommend self-educating oneself, it's interesting and good to know. But, when does bullying go from freedom of speech to life-threatening? People have killed themselves over bullying, but there is no way it’s okay for someone to die in order to finally do something about the issue. Yes, it is freedom of speech, but harassing someone is NOT okay. We are discussing in my group cyberbullying, platforms on which it occurs, the causes such as suicide, and awareness and laws. I am excited to present out information to the class on Monday! 

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