Thursday May 24th, 2012

Posted: May 23, 2012

Broadcast Journalism:Students should be filming their projects today.  History 113: Finish Schindler's list. Law  120: Please read: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/05/03/ns-cyberbully...  Social networking is one of the greatest ways that people all over the world can keep in touch with each other. We can email, facebook, tweet anonymously. However this has also opened up a new forum fopr bullying. Often times people write things without thinking about the consequences. You task: Search the criminal code of Canada to see what sections address cyberbullying. (You may want to look at Section 264, Criminal Harassment; Section 264.1, Uttering Threats; Sections 298-311, -312, -315, Defamatory Libel; and Section 319, Public Incitement of Hatred. Students may use a print copy of the Code or may access it online at www.efc.ca/pages/law/cc/cc.html.) Any new laws or proposed changes to laws must be published in the Canada Gazette, a print and online publication of the federal government that has been published since 1841. Check to see whether any changes to the Code are currently being considered. Look at the Canada Gazette search page and search for the various sections of the Code that they found applied to cyberbullying. (http://www.gazette.gc.ca/search-recherche-eng.html) Answer the follow questions: please list question then a paragraph response.    What criminal legislation currently applies to cyberbullying? Do you feel it is adequate? Why or why not? Should a charge of cyberbullying or online harassment be added to the Criminal Code? Why or why not? Should schools or Internet service providers be required to actively block and remove cyberbullying material? Why or why not? Is criminal prosecution the best reaction to cyberbullying? Why or why not? What are some guidelines do you feel can be put into place in order to address this issue.