Cyber Bullying is it still freedom of speech?

"Freedom of speech" does NOT mean that you have the right to say whatever you want wherever you want. That is a very common misconception. The First Amendment protects your right to express views which may be against the State or other authorities. It gives you no right to say things which may actually harm another person. Read this short list of cases where the courts have actually decided what is legal and what is not and it will give you some idea of what it means: http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalResources/ClassroomActivities/FirstAmendment/WhatDoesFreeSpeechMean.aspx Globally (or at least in those countries which subscribe to the United Nations), Articles 19 and following of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights state that "Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". However, the exercise of these rights carries special duties and responsibilities and may therefore be subject to "certain restrictions" when necessary "for respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "for the protection of national security or of public order, or of public health or morals". So my answer to your question is, Yes, States (and the country as a whole) do have a right and an obligation to protect people from bullying by restricting what people may say in certain circumstances where the health and safety of others may be at risk.

That can be the big question...who is controlling it and who decided what is what. On one hand I am feeling strongly about the woman and how cruel she was. The emotional response is that she should be punished for treating someone like that BUT then there is the freedom of speech aspect that you brought up and the responsibility that we have as people to be able to turn our backs and walk away when someone talks to us in a negative manner. To me, bully would be stalking, if it were in a public or private setting and of course the harassing and continuous slandering of another. If you notice, bullying often occurs in places that we can not escape. Now of course we have a choice to go online but the people themselves are often faced daily in our social institutions. I think that there should be anti bullying laws but they should be very specific and not based so much on words; more on the actions of. As far as who should control it...well....I don't know about that. People are notorious for going to great extremes when given too much control.

I think every state should have anti-bullying law to draw the line between opinion, freedom of speech and those excuses from the abuse cause by bullying. If she has her right to freedom of expression, then we should also have our freedom from any form of abuse.

I support anti-bullying laws. I think bullying has become a game played by most whether young or old and unless something is done the soonest possible, things will get out of control. There are so many lives lost because someone got bullied somewhere and the number is increasing day by day.

Every world should stop this bullying and all the world should pass the bill in their country

While I support anti-bullying, I don't think horribly-made infomercials are going to stop insecure teenagers from picking on others. The only thing that can help is one-on-one time with said teenagers, which an anti-bullying campaign can't do. Still, it's good to see people out there care about such things.

To extent bullying is ok. Especially when your dishonest boss does some mistake. But be careful. He might catch you later. For a bit of fun every thing is fine.In serious matters should never be bullying.