Statistics show that Youtube.com is the second most used search engine in the world. With statistics higher than that of Yahoo.com, Youtube has become on of the most popular search engines in the world. Thus with that thought, it has also become the hub of cyber bullies around the world. With hidden identities, these cyber bullies pray on their victims by leaving mean comments on their posts of videos. These comments range from sexual insults to life threats on the victims. Cyber bullying on youtube has become a huge problem and youtube has not taken the proper measures to filter these comments.
There is a case whereby a blogger, who posted his content on Youtube which was about saving the dolpins. The user wanted to let people know that dolphins will in fact become an endangered species if stricter laws aren't brought up to protect them from poachers. Instead of the positive feedback he expected from awareness, all he gained was criticism and insults.
In this picture we can view at the bottom of the video post, other users posted mean comments, such as "If you die dolphins won't give a crap", and another few comments. These people are examples of cyber bullies. If you do not like the video, as long as it does not contain any offensive content, users should not respond in such a manner.
Other cases are people who have been cyber bullied but do not know what to do, or who to tell. These people search for a 'safe' place for them to let out their worries and release their stress of being a victim of a cyber bully through posting videos on Youtube. They hope that people from all over the world may watch and comment helping them through the situation.
Taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c57TjaGrg2s&feature=related
In the above video, a girl, Julianne Flory, tells her story about how she was a victim of cyber bullies and how they ruined her life. She shares her experience on Youtube.com in a hope that others who suffer the same fate as her are able to listen, watch and learn from what she has to say. She explains in brief details her traumatic experience being bullied and how she didn't even feel safe in her own house. She was paranoid and afraid of people. She found it very hard to trust people and had low-self esteem.
For people like Julianne, they are able to tell their story, whether by posting it online or speaking to their parents, victims of cyber bullies must stand up and make their problem known.
Thus, lastly it is proven that even in the biggest of websites, the prevention of cyber bullying is not yet proper and management of these web sites must try harder to find the culprits of cyber bullying in these web sites and ensure they get the punishment they deserve. We, as the society also must help others who are a victim to these cases of cyber bullying, aware that they can escape cyber bullying, and life will go on.
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