Amanda Todd Effect

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The impacts of being harassed thur social media can vary from person to person. The victim at first could just take it as a game and not think much about it. However once it becomes repetitive the victim start to feel hopeless. That hopeless feeling could lead to depression and many other emotional issues. Take for example Amanda Todd a 15 year old who committed suicide on october,10th,2012. Amanda flashed her beast to a staranger who would later use the pictures to blackmail her. The picture would be sent out to students from her high school teacher and even parents. She had many attempts to kill herself. She would self harm by cutting herself, overdosing on pills and in some instance she even drank bleach. The schools did nothing to stop

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