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Bill USA

(6,436 posts) Wed Oct 17, 2012, 06:42 PM Oct 2012

Amanda Todd's Alleged Bully Named By Anonymous After Teen's Tragic Suicide [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/amanda-todd-bully-anonymous-suicide_n_1969792.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Hacktivist group Anonymous has reportedly tracked down the man who bullied Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old Canadian girl who committed suicide after suffering torment that led to depression and anxiety.

Anonymous named Todd's alleged bully on Monday in a post on Pastebin.com. The accusers allege that the man who targeted Todd, made her flash him and then turned her life into a living nightmare is a 30-year-old from New Westminster, British Columbia. The post describes him as the man who "extorted amanda todd for pictures. This is the pedophile that social engineered Amanda Todd into supplying him nude pictures."

Anonymous also revealed his address.

Vice magazine posted information that reportedly further links Todd to the alleged bully, including Google Map screenshots of his house, his Facebook profile, chat conversations and screenshots from a "jailbait" website account supposedly tied to the man.
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Amanda Todd's Alleged Bully Named By Anonymous After Teen's Tragic Suicide [View all] Bill USA Oct 2012 OP

"Bully" is NOT the word for this. Try: Predatory Stalking (at very least) Xedniw Oct 2012 #1

yes. it is so far beyond "bullying". thank you. very good point. nt seabeyond Oct 2012 #4

And what if Anonymous is wrong? randome Oct 2012 #2

I really hate to agree with you on this Zalatix Oct 2012 #3

yes. just like the three years being stalked and harrassed and threatened by the man. the law seabeyond Oct 2012 #6

Anonymous is setting him up for extrajudicial violence. ASSUMING they have the right man. Zalatix Oct 2012 #9

nor did you hear me state that i believe in people taking this into their own hands. seabeyond Oct 2012 #13

Anonymous is ENABLING people to take the law into their own hands. Zalatix Oct 2012 #14

ok. nt seabeyond Oct 2012 #15

Yes. It's like that family that was "exposed" as Zimmerman's family, but it wasn't? They had toleave Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #22

That's exactly what I was thinking. NaturalHigh Oct 2012 #25

I guess you have more faith in ANONYMOUS that I do. NaturalHigh Oct 2012 #18

not really. i also read where the police got a tip a year ago from someone who knew the man. seabeyond Oct 2012 #26

And what of they are better and faster at hacking and have bettyellen Oct 2012 #5

What if they are wrong? randome Oct 2012 #7

Posting his name and address sets him up for vigilante violence. Zalatix Oct 2012 #10

Anonymous has done more for child predators than the DOJ has in years. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #8

I'm rather wary of them ever since their San Francisco BART activity arcane1 Oct 2012 #11

I generally support Anonymous Downtown Hound Oct 2012 #12

Yep. I'd turn this information over to the police myself... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #17

This really makes me nervous. NaturalHigh Oct 2012 #16

According to what is posted by radaronline, LisaL Oct 2012 #20

I hope nobody gets hurt. NaturalHigh Oct 2012 #21

Me too. LisaL Oct 2012 #23

Anonymous drops the ball again.... Llewlladdwr Oct 2012 #19

They are setting someone up to get killed. NaturalHigh Oct 2012 #24