Bullied to death Amanda Todds victim of sextorsion - Video Dailymotion

Bullied to death Amanda Todds victim of sextorsion - Video Dailymotion: According to the BBC, A 35-year-old man was officially charged in April 2014 in the Netherlands in connection with Amanda Todd’s suicide. According to the Canadian police, the unidentified suspect was charged with extortion, internet luring, criminal harassment and child pornography, Canadian police say. The Police also mentioned the suspect is involved in other abuse cases and not just the Amanda story. The Dutch newspaper Omroep Brabant reports materials seized at the suspect’s home put him in suspicion of other cases of online abuse involving in the Netherlands, the UK and the US. “Today marks a major milestone in our investigation,” said Inspector Paulette Friel of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. “A suspect has been identified, he has been arrested and he has been charged.” “The suspicions against the man are that he approached underage girls via the internet and then seduced them into performing sexual acts in front of a webcam,” Dutch prosecutors said in a statement, quoted by AP. Suspected targets include men who were allegedly convinced the man was an underage boy and were persuaded into performing sexual acts on camera. It took police almost two years to find only one suspect in the Amanda Todd cyber bullying case. It is to be remembered, that there are thousands of child predators in online chat rooms who are taking advantage of sweet young boys and girls everyday. This is why Amanda Todd’s story should serve as a wake up call for children everywhere. Carol Todd, Amanda’s Mother says that the rise in cyber bullying is happening due to the rise in social media platforms that allow the user to remain anonymous which makes the bully anonymous. “Technology has ramped it up so much that there are no boundaries,” Todd said. “It’s so faceless and they are free to say whatever, they’re free to say and do whatever without thinking about it.” It is worth noting here that the origin of Amanda’s story started when, according to Amanda’s viral Youtube video, she had been coerced online in 2010 to flash her breasts, and the resulting image was used against her and circulated on the Web and at school. “The picture was put out there on the Internet and then all of a sudden, her peers started harassing her, both face-to-face bullying and online, so she had to endure that kind of abuse,” Todd said to Foxnews. “She was afraid to go to school, people were looking at her, she developed more depression, social anxiety. She was afraid people were watching her all the time.” It is worth mentioning that in Canada, the criminal code’s general harassment provision includes the prosecution of cyber bullying. Many U.S. States have also incorporated laws that specifically target cyber bullying and harassment.