11-11-2013
In October of 2013, two girls from Florida, ages 12 and 14 were arrested. The charge: aggravated stalking. (Sanburn 2013) Their cyber-bullying led to the suicide of 12-year-old girl named Rebecca Sedwick. (Sanburn 2013) This is one of the more clear-cut cases where the bullying and the suicide were obviously connected. One of the suspects posted the following on Facebook, a popular social media site:”I bullied Rebecca nd (sic) she killed herself.” (Sanburn 2013) This case illustrates a growing problem among young people of today, that of cyber-bullying. The rate of teen suicide has been creeping up between 2007, when ...