Bibliografisk note

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.