The mother of a girl left traumatised after a group of girls sent her abusive texts and tormented her over Facebook is relieved at news of the proposed cyber-bullying law.
The woman, who did not want the family identified, said:
"Finally. That's something that needs to happen because I thinkit's just got out of control.
"I think once kids know that there are going to be consequences ... they might start thinking twice about it. It's just a shame that it's got to that stage."
The woman's daughter, "Ella", spoke to the Herald during its Stop the Bullying campaign in May.
She was 14 when a group of girls she had considered her friends turned on her after a rumour that she was interested in a boy another of the group liked.
Now a 17-year-old, she said the harassment started with name-calling and then "it turned a bit ugly," with the girls posting pictures and nasty comments about her on social networking sites.
