Online cyber-bullying and harassment has become a huge problem in today’s society. Social media platforms specifically are being targeted with negative and hateful speech. Ever day thousands of adults and children are being targeted with abusive and threatening comments posted on their social media accounts. No need to fret, there are some ways to take legal action in order to protect yourself from these kinds of threats.
Many social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter not makes it possible to notify the site owners if a threat occurs. These platforms have settings where you are able to block individuals and report to spam abusive comments. Unfortunately, for Law Enforcement, since this is an emerging threat, laws pertaining to this form of abusive has yet to enact laws that address the problem. In extreme circumstances a Civil Action can be filled n order to protect children or oneself.
It is important to remember that you are not alone. Thousands of people are being harassed online and this problem shouldn’t be taken lightly. In order to decrease social media harassment more people need to speak out about this issues surrounding it.
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 