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 * What is the government doing to prevent cyber bulling and what are they doing to those who do cyber bully? **

A nuber of states have pssed laws to crack down on cyber buling. These state laws are steps towards a National anti-cyber bullying laws which would protect all people on the web (Admin). Most of these state laws give more power to the schools in the state to punish students of their school who bully others. States that have laws that give schools more power to punish students who cyber bully are: Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina and Washington. New York has created a system to investigate claims of cyber bullying that would make it clear if a person is or was being cyber bullied. This will help convict those who bully others online.Vermont has made it a $500 fine for commiting a cyber bullying offenses.

The suicide of a 13-year old girl Megan Meier who was the victim of an cyberbulling has helped create awarness of cyber of cyber bulling in the state of Missouri (Admin). The govener then pushed for cyber bulling laws and a task force whose sole purpose was to study and create laws regarding cyber bullying. This task force is now an example for all other states to follow. Missouri has also moved cyber-harassment to a Class D felony (Admin).

-Matthew Burdsall

. Admin."Cyber Bullying State Laws and Policies." __Cyberbully Alert.__ October 8th, 2008. May 7 2009. <[]>

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