Anon's video message:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcaFG-XpT0o
CBC news article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...10/15/bc-amanda-todd-tormentor-anonymous.html
More at the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcaFG-XpT0o
CBC news article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...10/15/bc-amanda-todd-tormentor-anonymous.html
The tragic story of B.C. teen suicide victim Amanda Todd has taken another bizarre twist as the internet hacking and activist group Anonymous has named a man the group says was the girl's primary tormentor.
Todd, 15, of Port Coquitlam, died last Wednesday, a month after posting a haunting video on YouTube that cited the sexualized attack that set her down a path of anxiety, depression and drug and alcohol abuse.
During her nine-minute video, the teen explains in handwritten notes that she was in Grade 7 when she was lured by an unidentified male to expose her breasts via webcam.
She says that a year later, she received a message from a man on Facebook threatening that if she didn't give him a show, he would send the webcam picture to her friends and family. She says police later told her the man followed through with his threat.
Anonymous published the name and address of a Vancouver-area man that the group claims was bullying and preying on Todd via the internet.
The activist group, whose members are known for wearing Guy Fawkes mask in order to hide their identities, claims the 32-year-old man has also made postings to child pornography sites.
The man himself has now been threatened online by others vowing to carry out vigilante justice, a development that worries Vancouver defence lawyer Eric Gottardi.
"The system isn't supposed to convict someone before charges are laid. Its not supposed to be judge, jury and executioner, all in the public forum," Gottardi said. "We have a justice system. Its supposed to work, it does work."
More at the link.