http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31976567
The article discusses Monica Lewinsky and how she was the first to ever be cyber-bullied. We all remember her infamous scandal with President Clinton. What led me to choose this article was my wondering of why after so many years she was making headlines again. She tells us the reasoning within the article and it's a good reason. With cyber bullying ever growing, I doubt that it will ever go away. It is compelling though to see that Monica Lewinsky is in turn finally speaking out against the people who were lobbing the insults at her all those years ago in the first ever case of cyber bullying. Although one may try to argue that it is their freedom of speech to conduct this cyber bullying John Stuart Mill would argue against it I feel. Mill stated in regards to personal rights, "if you are not harming anyone else, you have the right to be left alone."(Rosenstand, pg 338) The act of these people providing written insults and bullying for the world to see on websites is causing the victim harm, and an act that should not be 'left alone'.
References:
Wakefield, J. (2015, March 19). End online humiliation says Lewinsky. Retrieved March 22, 2015, from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31976567
Rosenstand, N. (2013). The moral of the story: An introduction to ethics (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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