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Cyberbullying and Education: Expelling Students and Attacking the First Amendment.

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Cyberbullying and education has become an increasingly controversial issue since the suicide case of Megan Meier in 2006.

Megan Meier was harassed on the social networking site MySpace by a friend’s mother who impersonated a male teenager to obtain Megan’s confidence.

Meier committed suicide shortly after she received a series of insulting online messages from the falsely impersonated teen, “Josh”.

Since Meier’s death and the ensuing court case against Lori Drew that saw her indicted for cyberbullying, there has been a flurry of education legislation passed in an attempt to curb cyberbullying.

Legislation has been passed in California, Maryland, Missouri, Illinois and Florida that specifically addresses cyberbullying and other forms of bullying in education circles.

However, in the same vain as 9/11, federal legislation has been proposed that uses this tragic event of teen suicide as a reason for attacking our Constitution.

Our federal government used the tragic events of 9/11 to ensure that the sinisterly unpatriotic Patriot Act was passed.

Similarly, if the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act is passed, our country’s federal criminal code will be amended to ensure policing of the Internet.

The vague language of the bill will ensure that it can be abused in numerous ways, most notably to silence all dissent, which is why many have entitled the proposed bill a Censorship Act.

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Cyberbullying and Education: Will Cyberbullying Laws Curb Bab Behaviour?

Perhaps programs that educate parents about the potential dangers of cyberbullying would be more appropriate than enforcing federal law that will potentially put all online critics at risk of prosecution and jail time.

Meier’s case is a tragic one, but the fact that it is being used to pass draconian laws that infringe on our Constitutional freedoms is outrageous.

Surely addressing cyberbullying is a parent’s responsibility?

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Protect Our Constitution!

Free speech, including the right to dissent, is enshrined in the First Amendment.

Even law professors have recognized that the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act is something to worry about.

The bill condemns the use of electronic means to conduct severe and hostile behavior.

The words “severe” and “hostile” are extremely vague – does it include a hostile political critic? A severe tone taken in a critical blog?

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Cyberbullying and Education: Preparing Students for the Imminent Police State

Schools in America are slowly becoming miniature lockdown facilities.

The proliferation of cyberbullying laws are ensuring greater policing of students within their own homes.

Parental rights to teach children acceptable behavior is being overshadowed by the policing practices of schools.

The criminalization of dissent in the US is a very real concern. Dissenters are often labeled “extreme conspiracy theorists” by public officials and elitists.

We are no longer encouraged to exercise our civil rights and liberties as free citizens of America.

Legislation addressing cyberbullying and education is troubling on a state and a countrywide level.

We cannot allow vague laws to be passed that will be used against us at a later stage.

A global elitist cabal is orchestrating a one world police state, and laws such as the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act will only aid this transition to totalitarianism.

We need to fight this legislation if we do not want to see our freedoms further undermined.

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