A new report finds that Nova Scotians with intimate images posted online without consent are bypassing the province’s cyberbullying support system and attempting to take matters into their own hands.
Alexandra Dodge, a digital criminologist at Saint Mary’s University, said the problem is bad enough that many people in the situation are unaware the province has a system designed to help them.
Nova Scotia’s existing support system is called CyberScan.
It was created in 2013 after the death of Rehtaeh Parsons in response to the issue of cyberbullying with intimate images. Parsons, a former Cole Harbour District High School student, died shortly after
