Nova Scotia cyberbullying law being challenged in the province's Supreme Court

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[quote=CBC]Nova Scotia's anti-cyberbullying law, enacted after the death of Rehtaeh Parsons, faced a constitutional challenge in court as a judge agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments on whether it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Halifax lawyer David Fraser asked the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to hear the charter challenge of the Cyber-safety Act, arguing the legislation is so vague and broad that cyberbullying could be considered anything online that hurts somebody's feelings.

Fraser is representing Robert Snell, who was charged under the act after posting comments on social media about a former business partner, Giles Crouch. Crouch was granted a protection order under the new law, which prevents Snell from communicating with him.

After the judge ruled that Snell had engaged in cyberbullying and the protection order was justified, Fraser told the court the law is an unreasonable and unjustified infringement of freedom of expression rights.[/quote]

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wow stop cyberbullying the Canadian government

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[QUOTE=s0beit;48542748]wow stop cyberbullying the [del]Canadian[/del] Nova Scotia government[/QUOTE]

Fixed, luckily it's not on a federal level.

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To me it makes sense that's it is being challenged, it's such a vague and arbitrary term that could be utilized to describe any behavior if any particular person finds it offensive.