Cyber-bullying has taken up a huge part of the social critique of internet interactions. There is an increasing concern that youth are being harassed and bullied by one another. The most extreme concern appears to be derived from the Amanda Todd case.
If you don't know about Amanda Todd check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7afkypUsc
The cases of teen suicide and self-harm as a result of cyber-bullying have been blown way out of proportion to make it appear as if these violent endings are the result of every instance of cyber-bullying. There is no doubt that there is the potential for the harmful effects but they make up a very small percentage in the grand scheme.
I side with the idea that the actions seen as cyber-bullying are more or less "meanness" than oppression. Bullying requires a higher and lower social standing but online people are all on a relatively equal plane.
No doubt there are some pretty negative consequences of cyber-bullying but in the long run it falls in place with any other teenage "meanness" that has been shown through out time. Over the years people have found a way to poke fun and make life hard on one another, in this day and age where a lot of communication is done via internet, it is just the way teens have found to be mean to each other.
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