A Student's Perception: Cyberbullying: The Attention Road of Society

                Cyberbullying can be compared to anything but those things seek for just one thing, attention. Thousands of gibberish opinions but seeks for just one thing, attention. A bunch of drama but seeks for just one thing, attention. Everything about it is just about the attention. Indeed, Cyberbullying is a problem for the people who are affected by it but does it really affect the society’s concern? No it does not.

                 Everybody knows that cyberbullying is a growing menace for the society. It greatly affects the behavior of an individual especially when the level of hatred exceeds but this menace that we have come to know is not the real problem. It doesn’t even trigger the society’s attention when someone is victimized.

The real-world consequences of cyberbullying have been widely reported. We are familiar with the stories about children and teenagers driven to desperate, even suicidal acts after having been exposed to repeated harassment in the internet. We know that cyberbullying can damage reputations, and destroy lives.

It’s true that whenever an incident like this happens, the sympathy of the society emerges but it’s just temporary. After sometime, it will be just forgotten by the people and will just be remembered if another incident takes place. It’s just like a gossip that will be talked about but after a while, the people would not give concern about it anymore.

The people is the real issue of cyberbullying. If they have hate against one person then they can say it directly to them instead of creating issues in the cyberspace. The only thing that they will have from those things is, ladies and gentlemen, attention. It seems that attention is the most valuable thing for some people nowadays, as if they can’t survive a day without it. They keep on asking for it in the internet and some of them are almost begging for it.

Another thing is about the victims. If they don’t want to be bullied then they shouldn’t mind and care about the people who are bullying them. It’s not that hard to live normally without showing concern about those nonsense things because sometimes, if they see that you’re affected, they’ll be more complacent that they can control you.

The Republic Act no. 10175 also known as Cybercrime Law has been implemented by the government to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in the Philippines. The Act, divided into 31 sections split across eight chapters, criminalizes several types of offenses, including illegal access, data interference, device misuse, cybersquatting, computer-related offenses such as computer fraud, content-related offenses such as cybersex and spam, and other offenses. It may help in decreasing the cases of cyberbullying.

The government should also support advocacies regarding cyberbullying continuously. So that, the society’s awareness about it will be provided.

Even if thousands of intelligent opinions are gathered and created a conclusion from it, it's still not our solution. Just like what Theodore Roosevelt said "Knowing what's right doesn't do much unless you do what's right". It's in our hands if we'll do it for the righteousness or do it for what we wanted.