The Amanda Todd Case and Cyber Ethics: Examining Accountability for Online Harassment and Vigilantism

Running head: ETHICS – THE CASE OF AMANDA TODD AND ANONYMOUS
Ethics – The Case of Amanda Todd and Anonymous
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1ETHICS – THE CASE OF AMANDA TODD AND ANONYMOUS
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Can Amanda’s harasser be held accountable for the suicide of Amanda Todd?...................2
Can this case be treated as a case of corruption of a minor, even though the offense took
place entirely online?.............................................................................................................3
Can it be considered that the hacker group “Anonymous” should be protected, or held
legally prosecutable for vigilantism and defamation?...........................................................3
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................4
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2ETHICS – THE CASE OF AMANDA TODD AND ANONYMOUS
Introduction
Amanda Todd had committed suicide after being bullied online by various people but
especially by an anonymous cyberbully who had sexually exploited Amanda online which
forced her to take her life (Dube, 2017). In the following report it would that be identified
according to the ethical laws about if Amanda's anonymous harasser can be held accountable
for her suicide, if the case can be treated as the corruption of a minor taken place online, and
if the anonymous hacker group should be protected or held illegally prosecuted bill for
vigilantism and defamation.
Can Amanda’s harasser be held accountable for the suicide of Amanda Todd?
Ethically, any act of unjustified behaviour is and should be accountable for the miss
deeds that they have resulted in. However, the entire act of cyber bullying that has taken
place in case of Amanda Todd, it can be said that, whatever Amanda had decided to post
herself online has made the everlasting effect on her image and further escalated in suicide
(Campbell, Martin & Fabos, 2018). As per the legislative regulations, posting inappropriate
content over the online media should be taken care of extremely well because a cyber-bully
can use their anonymity as a basic skill to imbalance the power. where ethically it can be said
that Amanda's harasser should be held accountable for her suicide, the anonymous of the
harasser makes it a bit impossible.
The reason why the anonymous cyberbully who had made Amanda be harassed online
both mentally and sexually should be held as the accused for her suicide is because cyber
bullying is still believed to have a similar effect as traditional bullying in the eyes of legal
legislation. the only difference is the use of the various tools such as internet and electronic
devices for targeting the victims. the consequences of cyber bullying have been reported to be