Cyberbullying

With the rising awareness of freedom of speech, people can express themselves freely everywhere. Recently, there has been a growing trend to confess your love to someone on Internet. In order to give people more courage to express their feelings, an anonymous system was invented. However, the opposite of love is hate. People can also backbite everyone in this system without showing their name. It was originally a good intention but finally became a killing tool.

Last week, the most astonishing news was that Taiwanese model and actress Cindy Yang committed suicide in her apartment. According to her suicide note, she was a victim of cyberbullying. In the past few months, Cindy had to receive treatment for anonymous online abuse because much of negative comment targeting Cindy appeared on a Facebook page called“Kao Bei Bloggers.” Apparently, it was this dreadful power that made her choose to take her life.

Cindy’s death drew much attention on the importance of online bullying. Behind the screen, haters just type insulting words or tease someone, should victims totally accept it? That is intolerable. People say this is the price of being famous, but why don’t we think twice before hurting others? In addition to celebrities, many people around the world are facing cyberbullying but we don’t know. After watching the news, it seemed that there was too much freedom of speech. I hope that government can effectively legislate against cyberbullying, preventing more people from suffering fatal slander. Last but not the least, we should remember that each word has its influence. Regardless of an unwitting word or an offensive word, they all can destroy a person’s life.