The rise of technology has affected our lives with the use of social networking sites and electronic devices prevalent among today's youth. What many adults are unaware of is that bullying exists in many forms and is most common in the cyber world. In 2012, CBC journalist Joan Leishman, aired "Cyberbullying", describes the story of the unbearable life of a student named David Knight who enters the Internet. Later in 2014, Rachel Simmons, a former Rhodes Scholar and founding director of the Girls Leadership Institute, wrote an article titled “Cyberbullying is a Growing Problem.” Simmons' article addresses the impact of cyberbullying in the 21st century and the actions school officials and parents overlook when they are unaware of their children's Internet activities. The growing use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and numerous others allows bullies to go beyond verbal bullying to become cyber bullies. Leishman takes a closer look at a victim of cyber bullying and interviews David, from Burlington, Ontario, about his life living through cyber bullying. In David's case, the bullying didn't start on the Internet, but at school. The taunting, teasing and punching for years afterward led to Internet harassment, including the humiliation and unbearable struggle that David had to endure. David was not aware of what anyone put on the Internet about him until his classmates sent him a message on the Internet. David's life took a drastic turn when he found an entire website dedicated to him where he is teased with vulgar photos and comments. Not only was David's humiliation starting to escalate, but the cyberbully was also asking others to invoke the same insults by posting lewd and sexual comments. D... in the center of the card... our ideas where people can't see you. The surge in technology creates facilitators of cyberbullying, who do not have to approach the victim directly, but resort to online communication without any interference. I think cyberbullying is a way in which cyberbullies are not arrested for their actions and the consequences are not exploited; as adults are not there to actually see the bully and victim except in person. Cyberbullying inflicts harm on the individual by causing the humiliation of the individual in front of the global web where people are constantly conversing and searching for things on the Internet. Works Cited Leishman, Joan. "CBC News In Depth: Bullying." CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, October 10, 2012. Web. March 2, 2015.Simmons, Rachel. “Cyberbullying is a growing problem.” Monitor the Internet. The Washington Post Company, September 28, 2014. Web. February 19. 2015.