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Sex ed is finally catching up to the digital age

Are educators ready to teach students about sexting, Snapchat, and Pornhub?

On Feb 28, 2015 by Nayomi Reghay

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The one scene in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ the Internet isn’t talking about

It's even worse than you think.

On Feb 18, 2015 by Harris O'Malley

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I got doxed by Anonymous

Here's what happened when I tried to write about Rehtaeh Parsons.

On Jan 12, 2015 by Bex vanKoot

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Man involved with Rehtaeh Parsons revenge porn case gets slap on the wrist

The 20-year-old man responsible for taking the photo of the 17-year-old sexual assault victim was sentenced to a year of "conditional discharge." 

On Nov 13, 2014 by EJ Dickson

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This high school football coach is willing to lose—if it stops his kids from cyberbullying

The high school football coach in the tiny town of Roosevelt City, Utah, suspended his entire team last week, worried over their "lack of character."

On Sep 29, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Facebook bans dating site that used Rehtaeh Parsons’s photo in an ad

Parsons, a victim of sexual assault and intense cyberbullying, died in April after a suicide attempt.

On Sep 18, 2013 by Kris Holt

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After 2 years, 2 arrests made in Rehtaeh Parsons rape case

Two 18-year-old Nova Scotia men have been charged with child pornography, police said Thursday.

On Aug 9, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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14-year-old faces child pornography charges for leaked sex tape

After Rehtaeh Parsons's suicide, Halifax police are cracking down harder on cyberbullying and child pornography.

On May 30, 2013 by Gaby Dunn

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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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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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Canadian police reopen Rehtaeh Parsons investigation

Police say they've received "new and credible information" in the alleged gang rape of Rehtaeh Parsons.

On Apr 12, 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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