Cyberbullying In The United States

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About half of people ages 14-24
In the United States
Say that they have been electronically harassed in some way
At least once
Cyberbullying can be anything from a comment on social media
To anonymous text messages that won’t stop
Social media can be used to
Anonymously bully someone
So it can be harder to stop
Cyberbullying is like a sliver
Hard to see
But always there
Sometimes it will go away on it’s own
But most of the time you have to remove it yourself
Because parents and teachers can’t see or hear cyberbullying
As easily as bullying that happens outside of our devices
It can be harder to recognize
There are accounts that have been created
To bully others through posts
These posts can spread like wildfires
People see it
Like it
And

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