HALIFAX—Canada needs cyberbullying laws that curb unwanted sharing of sexual pictures without always requiring police investigations, a law professor said Tuesday. Article Continued Below“I think there’s some degree of urgency,” the former chair of the Nova Scotia Task Force on Bullying and Cyberbullying said after a seminar at the conference. MacKay also noted the federal anti-cyberbullying legislation introduced in late 2013 after the high-profile death of Nova Scotia teen Rehtaeh Parsons. Manitobans dealing with revenge porn can contact the Canadian Centre for Child Protection to report cases of non-consensual sharing of sexual pictures. Under the act, victims can also sue in civil court to hold a person accountable financial for distributing sexual pictures without consent.

Source: thestar July 27, 2016 13:41 UTC