New paper + Video / Stop Cyberbullying / 21.02.2014

Amanda Todd was a 15-year-old Canadian girl who took her own life in October 2012. Prior to her death, she had been the victim of extensive and prolonged cyber-bullying on Facebook, YouTube and other social media platforms and allegedly subject to cyber-extortion.

Her last name has now occasioned the coining of a new, and quite morbid, expression on the web – “todding”. The story is an example of how the lack of consequences for some behaviour online can lead to serious and distressing consequences for others.

Read the rest of the article on The Conversation here.

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