Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass or target another person. Cyber bullying has been around as long as the internet has been around. When America Online launched in the early-to-mid 1990s, and “surfing the web” first became popular, cyberbullying was born. Cyberbullying is done by instant messages, emails, tweets, facebook, myspace, etc. Most cyberbullying involves kids and teens because kids mostly know their way around the internet, more than most adults do . It usually done by their peers and occurs as early as second grade. 85% of middle school children report being cyber bullied at least once. 32% of American teens who use the internet report some form of online harassment. In a recent study, 72% of participants, ages 12 to 17, claimed they knew who was doing the cyber bullying. When schools try and get involved by disciplining the student for cyberbullying actions that they did off-campus and outside of school hours (at home), they are often sued for exceeding their authority and violating the student's freedom of speech right. They also, often lose. The one being the cyberbully one moment may become the victim of the next. The kids often change roles, going from victim to bully and back again. Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident. Cyber Bullying Stories A Fake Facebook Rival This year in Clinton Missouri, charges were filed against a teenager who allegedly created a fake Facebook account to serve as a competition against a young girl who was interested romantically in a male student. The account was created by another girl who wanted the boy all to herself, the suit claims. As a result, the targeted individual underwent significant levels of stress which affected her studies and her ability to attend school regularly. The case is one of many that feature phony accounts on Facebook or MySpace that are used to harass young people or stir up trouble among friends. Cyber Bullying has become a worldwide problem because of the difficulty to track its occurrences. It some cases it has been accepted as humor, but when is it taken to far? When a child has taken her own life because she was cyber bullied, we know it has been taken way too far. Cyber bullying has been present in the 2008 presidential election with the slurrying of both presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Even the vice-presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden have been victims of this abuse. These slanders wouldn’t technically be considered cyber bullying, but are loosely related. Senator Sarah Palin has received the worst of it with the creation of videos mocking her interviews on Saturday Night Live. NBC reports over 7 million views online, with millions more watching it on YouTube and Google video. The “Kill Kylie” Campaign of Hate and Homophobia Kylie Kenny, an eighth grade student from Vermont lost two years of her life as a result of cyber bullying from classmates. From junior high through her sophomore year of high school, Kylie was forced to deal with websites created by her classmates that featured names like “Kill Kylie Incorporated” that were filled with threatening, homophobic remarks about the young girl.These hurtful kids obtained screen names with handles close to Kylie’s name and used them to make suggestive remarks and sexual advances on Kylie’s teammates on the field hockey team.As a result police filed charges of harassments against the individuals responsible.