Who is Responsible for preventing cyber-bullying: The Schools or the Internet Providers?
Parents have argued that schools should be held responsible for the protection of their children from online bullies. However, as cyber-bullying generally takes place outside of the walls of the school and after school hours, schools have argued that it is not their responsibility to monitor the students. Also, schools worry about infringing on students’ rights to freedom of speech.(30) As of now, the legal boundaries regarding the protection of students and their privacy online is still in contention.(31) Schools have the added difficulty of not always knowing who to punish. Considering that cyber-bullies have the ability to hide behind their online names and email addresses—and that hundreds of students can be involved in the bullying of one individual—it can be difficult to pinpoint who the original perpetrators are. Schools, it has been argued, do have a responsibility to educate students about how to behave online. Educators play a valuable role in teaching students how to conduct
