A mum has spoken of her "heartbreak" at discovering her son's picture posted on an Instagram page called "ugly babies".
A family picture of Courtney Tait's nine-month old son Hudson, together with herself and partner Scott, appeared on the social media page called Ugly_Babies_ to her shock and anger when she saw it for herself.
The trolls. who set up the page using pictures lifted from parents' private pages, also posted images of a stillborn baby.
Ms Tait told Teesside Live : "It was heartbreaking to be honest, the last thing I want is for my son to be called ugly. I know my child is gorgeous - it's not about that. It's more about who's viewing my child, taking a photo of my nine-month-old and posting it for other weird people to see."
The 21-year-old, from Middlesbrough, added: "My friend and her stillborn baby were posted on the page. She had photos on her Facebook in a collage. They are using pictures that are on people's private accounts, so they think it's someone they know.
"They have been threatening one girl, messaging her from the Instagram page saying they will kill her mum. My friends have restricted their accounts now.
"The administrators of the page were 'deleting most people who tried to follow them'. What's making matters worse is, we're wondering what kind of people are following this account? We don't have a clue."
A spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said the company's Community Guidelines make it clear that bullying or harassment will not be tolerated. The account violated these policies.
"This account was swiftly removed for breaking our rules on bullying and harassment," the spokesperson added.
