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…
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…
Privacy and Social Networking
-By Leora Jackson, JFCY volunteer and PLE Team Lead Janine Loves Facebook Janine is fifteen and uses Facebook to keep in touch with all of her friends. Since she has friends from school, camp, and after-school activities, Facebook is a great way to be in touch with people. When she wants to tell something to…