Law states “It is a crime under both QLD and national law to cyber bully someone in a way that intentionally encourages or causes them to kill themselves. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment 10 years”. The people on this panel are Father Dom, student, Jack ( Kantian) and
Paul Fletcher, parliamentary secretary to the Communications Minister.

The first questions that I will be asking is what are your thoughts  cyber bulling?

Father Dom: It wrong and why it’s wrong and people have a lot of energy and thing is people don’t know what to do with all that energy that they have.

student: It’s not a nice thing it an just an away for people to for people to say sacred to say anything to your face and hide behind  a  screen in order  to say nasty thing  you know that they won’t say to your face.

 Paul Fletcher :When humans interact, be it online or offline, sadly there will be a percentage of cases where one person wants to do harm to another. Today, 56 per cent of Australians own a tablet device and 72 per cent own a smart phone according to the Sensis e-Business report

According to the 2014 Deloitte Mobile Consumer Survey, 46 per cent of Australians check their smartphone within 15 minutes of waking up – and among 18-24 year old it is 75 per cent.
 Jack :No it is wrong  Kantian deontology is basically what we’ve been hearing since we were little kids, treat others the way you want to be treated.Everyone has the right to be respected, safe and free from violence, harassment and bullying.
mine: Cyberbully is not a good thing it is an easy way for  people to say mean thing behind a screen and get away with it.

The next question is the maximum penalty for Menacing, harassing or offensive use of the internet or a mobile is 3 years do you think that is too long or should be longer? If not what are some other options to solve this issue?

 

Father Dom: The whole Idea about punishment, crime to make people not to do that crime to talk about who much should people be punishment is not you to be .but as christen is that I believe in forgiveness, mercy, love and moving on and open your heart to become better person.

Student: For me that long depending on how bad the stations is like it if been going on for a long time but if it is a child in high school yeah I understand if  they done bad stuff but  sometimes you learn  from your mistake.

Paul  Fleture :  when we faced when considering the role of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner was whether to expand the legislation to extend similar protections to adults. The Government recognizes that online dangers such as cyber-bullying apply to both adults and children. However, there are existing criminal laws which apply to using the internet to menace and harass people of all ages. In our society, there are a range of areas where we put in place extra protections for children. Children are among our most vulnerable and often have no voice in responding to issues of online safety. The Government considers child victims of cyber-bullying a priority. The measures detailed within the legislation are designed to work in conjunction with existing laws and initiatives that are available to all Australians, including adults, dealing with online safety concerns. Police are understandably reluctant to lay criminal charges against a young person unless it is absolutely necessary – given that if you are convicted of a crime early in life, it can seriously damage your life prospects. A new criminal provision, even if it involves lower penalties than the existing ones, will continue to face this difficulty. We reached a view based on our consultations that introducing new criminal law provisions into the Commonwealth Criminal Code, specifically to deal with cyber bullying, was not something we were inclined to proceed with.

Jack: To describe why a person griefes online. people are not treating them as an end in themselves but as a mere means for their own enjoyment. its not my space to say if people should be sent to jail.
Mine: I think that bullying is a serious problem that needs to be taken seriously but i do think that it really depends on the situation if the perpetrators are remorseful also how the victim feels and how they been affected by their bullying there dose need to be punishment for the perpetrators even if it is programs to teach the perpetrators about the use of the internet and social media.

Are there any organizations that can help the youth that have been bullied?

Father Dom : kids help line are one and many people are coming up with more organization to help people. 

Student:   Yes kids help line and beyond blue.

Paul Fleture : Yes there is government run website called “esafety” the website has a lot of links to help people who are being bullied or have been. You can even report your cyber bullying. 

Jack: some that is have heard of are reachout.com and stopbullying .gov
mine: yes there is more support in school for kids who have been effected by cyberbully. 

And lastly how do you believe we can stop cyber bullying?

Father Dom :People need to man up and apogees to the person that they hurt, they need someone who inspires people to do something good and not to waste energy on cyber bullying.   
Student: We need to promote more in school about cyber bulling in schools and make children aware of the punishment that they face. The fact we need to speak to the bullies and find out why they are bullying people.
Paul Fleture:  I have put forward the  Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill safer internet day his legislation introduces powerful new tools to help protect children online.
Jack: we feel disconnected in the virtual world. This is due to the fact that we often feel protected by our computer screen, and the anonymity  can cause amplify behaviors and to make people aware of their behave and how their action affect other people.
Mine: I think one big this to help are more school programs educating kids on cyber bullying  and the way kids talk to another  online .

thank you for your time and opinions.

Centre, T. N. (2015, July 17). http://www.lawstuff.org.au/vic_law/topics/bullying/cyber-bullying#d.

Commission, A. H. (2011). https://www.humanrights.gov.au/cyberbullying-what-it-and-how-get-help-violence-harassment-and-bullying-fact-sheet.

commissoner, o. o. (2016). https://esafety.gov.au/.

http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/paul_fletcher/speeches/intel_cyber_security_innovation_summit#.WBkf7Vt97IU. (2015, August 20).

LAO, A. (2015, MARCH 19 ). Retrieved from http://comp380unc.web.unc.edu/2015/03/19/griefing-is-it-cyberbullying/.

MP, P. F. (2016). Retrieved from www.paulfletcher.com.au.