The mum of a bullied schoolgirl who tried to take her own life after receiving online rape threats has slammed social media firms for allowing kids to spread damaging content through their platforms.
In the wake of the Record's Our Kids, Our Future campaign, the mum-of-three has called on social media giants to clamp down on abusive content before it can circulate. Her 13-year-old daughter, from Springburn in Glasgow, attempted suicide in October last year after she endured a sickening string of abuse on Snapchat from classmates.
Inappropriate images circulated on Snapchat after she was peer-pressured into sending them to an unknown user. The pictures were shared among her classmates at, which prompted a wave of disturbing threats and taunts from other pupils.
