Amanda Todd’s mother considers it a victory that her daughter’s name can now be used in media coverage of her accused tormentor’s trial.
There is an automatic ban placed on the names of victims in cases involving child pornography, but it was lifted by a judge on Monday.
Carol Todd said her daughter’s name is important to the conversation about cyberbullying.
Amanda was just 15 in 2012, when she took her own life after online harassment.
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