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Modern Day Presidential is the New Cyberbully

Cyberbullying is not fake news. Virtual anonymity opened a whole new can of worms when it comes to bullying. Unfortunately, it is an aspect of the wonderful world of technology at our fingertips—more pointedly in our children’s hands, but even more concernedly at the whim of the President of the United States. Over time the power of cyber intimidation shed its cloak of invisibility to become a badge of honor for those wielding the keyboard. The war wages on and by adding the internet and social media to its bullying arsenal, it has become a superpower hindering the ability to prevent much less eliminate it altogether. How do we win this war if the 45th POTUS sets the example that cyberbullying is acceptable? The government has a dedicated site to stop bullying , The definition of bullying, per the website, is: In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Department of Education released the first federal uniform definition of bullying for research and surveillance.1 The core elem...