Suicide and Social Media: What do we do now?

  Tovanna Holton, was a beautiful girl who lived in Florida. When you looked at her eyes, she was so full of life and aspirations until she fatally shot herself at her home in Tampa.

One might ask, why such a beautiful young girl with so much life to live would do such a thing. Two words, unauthorized pictures. There are so many new and upcoming apps to share pictures and videos, but how safe are they? Everyone has heard that "once it's on the internet, it's there forever". To Tovanna, that statement had an entirely new meaning. Apparently, a few of her "friends" filmed her nude on a picture and video sharing app called Snapchat. She was horrified, which later led to her tragic suicide.
  Cyber bullying has been on the rise due to the ever evolving types of social media. It used to be that bullying was classified as stealing lunch money or pushing another child down. We are on an entirely new level, stealing privacy. This is not the first time that this has happened, and unfortunately it won't be the last.
  A similar incident happened a few months ago involving former playmate, Dani Mathers. She was in a gym locker room and decided that a woman who was changing in the locker room had a "disgusting" body and if she had to "suffer" through it, then the rest of the world does too.

 What on Earth makes people think that this is okay?! It's disgusting! It's appalling and I am ashamed to be a part of this human race because of things like this. Luckily, this particular incident did not end in death, even though it very well could have.
  A person's body is their own and no one has the right to share that with anyone else. Social media seems to be the gateway to make it happen. Something must be done before another life is lost. There needs to be harsh legal punishment for things like this, maybe then, it would deter someone from making that decision. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and many others enable people with sinister purposes to carry out their evil intentions with simplicity and ease. At the click of a button, thousands of people can view what is posted. Of course people have used text messaging and email to do this, but that takes more effort and it doesn't spread like wildfire like it does on social media. Something has to be done before someone else makes the choice to end their life because they feel like it's the only way out of the humiliation.
To read more about Tovanna Holton http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/florida-teen-commits-suicide-nude-snapchat-video-article-1.2667938
To read more about the Dani Mathers incident https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/18/a-playboy-playmate-found-this-normal-womans-naked-body-gross-so-she-posted-it-online/