Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old girl from Port Coquitlam, B.C., posted this video to YouTube in September. She doesn't speak in the video, but tells her story of humiliation, bullying, torment and depression through a series of notes held up to the camera.Amanda died by suicide on Wednesday. YouTube initially took down the video, but it's now back up. Amanda's family wants the video to be used as a way to discuss cyber and social media bullying.
According to Amanda's YouTube history, she and Molly communicated through private messages on YouTube.
"Rest in peace and fly high to Amanda Todd. I was just messaging her about almost a week ago, and I just found out that she has taken her life…
"Bullying is NEVER okay. Rest easy, Amanda. I’m so sorry to her family."
On Twitter, Amanda's friends - many of whom she knew only online - mourned the death of this young woman, communicating in their own medium and their own words.
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