The Harsh Reality of Social Media

The use of social media is constantly advancing and becoming more popular every day. While there are many benefits to this online world such as the ability to connect with high school friends on Facebook, the threat of cyber bullying has come into play with this advancement. Privacy is now very difficult to maintain due to the widespread use of social media. Tyler Clementi was a student who was caught on tape having sexual relations with another man and killed himself due to humiliation.

Tyler is not the first teenager to face cyber bullying. The rising popularity of "sexting" has taken place in which one takes a nude photo of themselves and sends it through a text to another person. In one particular case, a girl named Jessica Logan sent a nude photo to her boyfriend who in turn sent the photo to other girls. Jessica began getting made fun of and was called horrible names and ended up committing suicide like Tyler. Many people do not think cyber bullying is a serious issue and participate in these acts because they think it's funny, however, suicide is far from humorous. People need to open their eyes and see the horrible effects of cyber bullying.

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