TEEN DIES OF OVERDOSE AFTER POSTING ABOUT BEING BULLIED BY ‘FAKE’ FRIENDS

SUMMARY:

This news is about a sixteen-years-old teenager who suffered cyberbullying. Britney Mazzoncini died from an overdose on anti-anxiety medication after years of bulling on the internet.

Weeks before her death she posted on Facebook some comments expressing her anger at bulling. She also left school because she wanted to become a police officer when she turned 17.

Her mother spoken about tragedy and called cyberbullying the “sickness of 21th century”. Throughout this tragedy, her mother has attempted to maintain a normal life for Britany’s brothers and her only one wish is take bulling seriously before have more loses.

Finally the writer says that bulling in virtual realm is more difficult to track or prevent than other type of bulling because of the ease and speed it are.

MY OPINION:

I totally agree with the reflection of Britany’s mother about what is cyberbullying. I can’t believe how people hurts people and how people can live with this fault. So I invite everybody to reflect about this fact because it can happen to all of us. I hope that new technologies investigate about how we can avoid or prevent. I also want to comment one documentary about crimes on the web. In this programme, years ago, one teenager suffered cyberbullying by another girl’s mother and she committed suicide. In these years there was no law for these crimes and the murderer was free. At present, there are some laws that regulate these crimes, so I have hope that this fact will improve.

WORD I DIDN’T KNOW:

·         taunting

·         siblings

·         lasses