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I filmed a sex scene before the Reddit era

I was lucky—well, lucky enough.

On Oct 13, 2014 by J.E. Reich

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Alleged Amanda Todd extortionist faces child porn charges

Dutch prosecutors have filed five charges against an unnamed 35-year-old man.

On Apr 18, 2014 by Cooper Fleishman

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Online bullies of Rehtaeh Parsons exposed

#OpJustice4Rehtaeh released the identities of 19 people in a Facebook group supporting the alleged rapists of teen suicide victim Rehtaeh Parsons.

On Apr 25, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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Who killed Audrie Pott?

Is Audrie Pott's suicide the result of a new kind of public shaming and persecution that's here to stay? 

On Apr 18, 2013 by Janet Kornblum

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Could this anti-bullying plan have saved Rehtaeh Parsons?

Maybe—if Canadian officials had followed through with it.

On Apr 16, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Nova Scotia is starting to take Rehtaeh Parsons’s death seriously

Earlier today, premier Darrell Dexter announced he’d appointed a cabinet minister to oversee the government’s response to Parsons's death. 

On Apr 11, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Sex crimes and the Internet: A victim’s worst fear and best hope

Who will be the next Rehtaeh Parsons? And is the Internet making things worse, or better, or both?

On Apr 11, 2013 by Nicholas White

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Anonymous has the names of Rehtaeh Parsons’s alleged rapists

Anonymous may soon release the names of four teenagers who allegedly raped 15-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons in 2011.

On Apr 10, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Did schools and police fail teenage rape victim Rehtaeh Parsons?

Rehtaeh Parsons was a victim of a vicious campaign of harassment and shaming by her classmates. Schools and police were either hopelessly ignorant or indifferent.

On Apr 10, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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After gang-rape photo goes viral, 17-year-old victim hangs herself

Thanks to Amanda Todd, we know this story all too well: Sexual abuse leads to online harassment, and as the police drag their feet, a teenage girl ends her life.

On Apr 9, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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What YouNow’s purchase of BlogTV means for BlogTV

This week, Smith sends a sad farewell to BlogTV and talks about what its sale to YouNow means for the business.

On Mar 20, 2013 by [email protected]

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Men lured into stripping online, blackmailed with pants down

Singapore police reported more than 50 cases in 2012 in which male subjects were coerced into stripping for a Web camera, only to have their actions used against them. 

On Feb 18, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

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