The Supreme Court of Canada Combats Cyber-Bullying
In September of 2012, Canada’s top court, the Supreme Court of Canada, struck a blow to cyber-bullies in a case called AB v Bragg Communications Inc, 2012 SCC 46. Background The rise of social media platforms has had a drastic impact on the way people communicate. Facebook, the social media market leader, now has roughly…
Cyber-bullying
My name is Labiba and I am a JFCY volunteer on the PLE Team and the Cyberbullying Subcommittee. My blog post is about the use of phones, internet and other technologies by bullies to mock, intimidate or terrorise their victims. Bullies have always been around. Sometimes people are bullies because it makes them feel good…
Bullying- Words of wisdom and request for feedback
Jasmine Attfield is JFCY’s newest Board member, a PLE team member and also a member of JFCY’s new PLE subcommittee on cyberbullying. She wrote this post about her experiences being bullied and JFCY’s new project:For 8 years, I was bullied. To be honest, I don’t think about it much anymore. It’s hard now to think…
Sexting and the law
– By Arif Hussain, PLE Team Member (with legal info by UofT law student Leora Jackson) “Sexting” – combining text + sex – has become a new cultural product in modern society. Sexting can involve sending sexually related text messages or images between cell phones. Even though sexting can seem fun and exciting, and can…
Definetheline.ca – Cyberbullying Info
What is cyberbullying? Where can you get more information? Definetheline.ca is a website dedicated to understanding cyberbullying and socially responsible digital citizenship. JFCY volunteer and McGill law student Jesse Gutman currently helps run the website with Dr. Shaheen Shariff, the Project Director for definetheline.ca. The website is constantly updated and has a lot of interesting…