Cyberbullying has been around for longer than many may think. The first cases were discovered from suicides. The first being in 2007. This is when neighbors made a fake profile to harass a 13-year-old girl.
Additionally, an 18-year-old girl killed herself after her nude photos were sent to more than 7 Ohio schools. Then, only one year later, a 13-year-old killed herself after her nude photos were sent to 6 high schools in Florida.
Unfortunately, for anything to change these kids had to die. After their deaths, these states, as well as a few others, added cyberbullying to their laws. As the years went by, more social media platforms came about. Therefore, in 2010 a University student jumped of a bridge to kill himself after a video of him kissing another boy emerged on twitter.
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