加拿大少年Amanda Todd在遭受了多年的网络欺凌和骚扰后于2012年10月10日自杀身亡。 Judith Bruhn讲述了这个令人震惊的案例。
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Amanda Todd在12岁的时候登陆了一个视讯网站，在那里认识了一位30岁的男子，这名男子甜言蜜语说服她去脱去上衣展示乳房。拍了她的乳房照片后，男子将照片发给Todd的朋友、家人、学校和邻居。尽管她已转学搬家，男子还是继续骚扰她。结果是她学校的其他学生也跟着欺负并殴打她。之后的几年里，Todd开始自残并尝试自杀。2012年9月7日，15岁的托德在YouTube上发布了一段9分钟的视频。在视频中, 她用卡片告诉大家她被跟踪、被欺负、被殴打的故事。同年10月10日，她自杀身亡。
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“How many girls have to kill themselves before society realizes that cyber bullying leads to suicide.” Over the past years we have seen many incidents of suicide attempts due to cyber bullying. Yet some of us claim that bullying (in the sense of freedom of expression) should be protected under the 1st amendment. This philosophy is however a drastically ignorant approach to a matter that can have a deeper impact on a person’s mental and physical state than anticipated. In the case of Amanda Todd, physical and cyber harassment were tools used to drive her into suicide. We believe that this would not have happened if the extent of the verbal abuse could have been limited by the school regulations and public laws. In cases like these speech and hate speech must be differentiated and dealt with accordingly. Reflecting upon that statement, we are highly convinced and fully invested in the thought that Amanda Todd would have seen another day, if the hostility and malevolence of her classmates would have been confronted and address as harmful and as a criminal offence.
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It is really a shocking news. Cyber bullying is one of the major problems for kids as they are exposed to different social media websites. Internet safety for kids are indeed these days and parental control programs helps protecting kids. I also use a parental control program for my kid’s safety.
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What a terrible news!
This is not only about the privacy, but the right to life. To protect users from cyber-bullying is a key topic that administrators must concentrate on.
Free speech is consist of rights to speak and the protection of personal reputation.