"On Jan. 1 at 3:35 a.m., Nicole posted a short message to a Facebook group called "Teen Dating and Flirting." Captioned on a close-up selfie, the white flash of her cellphone camera illuminating her cheeks, she wrote: "Cute or nah."
The message received 304 replies. Many of the comments were spiteful, not unlike the kind of bullying that is pervasive on social media.
"You're very round," one person wrote.
"And no not cute," another commented.
On her Instagram account, Nicole wrote: "Its none of your business who I date."
On Sunday, a commenter on the Facebook page of a group that calls itself Justice for Children Without Voices, which has been following Nicole's disappearance, noted that one of the forums she had frequented was being shut down.
" 'Teen Dating and Flirting' has been shut down! The page will take a full 24 hours to be removed. Many of you know this is one of the many groups and sites Nicole Lovell was a part of. Our children are in danger when exposed to this type of stuff online. We had personally began to reach out to parents of 'real children' in this group. We beg every parent here to please go through your child's social media, pay attention who's on their pages (FB, Instagram, KIK) to just name a few and let's start protecting our children and teaching them right and wrong. It's ok to be the 'mean' parent, they can thank us later.""
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