HOW WE TOOK ON FACEBOOK
IT BEGAN in May and played out over five harrowing days – and by the end a young girl was so traumatised and terrified she refused to leave the house and could barely sleep or eat.
The 13-year-old was a victim of such appalling online bullying on Instagram her parents turned to Facebook Inc, owner of Instagram, in a bid to get them to reveal the person behind the posts.
It led to a groundbreaking case in the high court in Johannesburg brought by one of SA’s most high-profile social media lawyers – and included hiring attorneys halfway across the world before Facebook agreed to get involved.
