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A Better Act, More Bad Behaviour Online: Nova Scotia’S New Intimate Images And Cyber-Protection Act Goes To Court, Jennifer Taylor
A Better Act, More Bad Behaviour Online: Nova Scotia’S New Intimate Images And Cyber-Protection Act Goes To Court, Jennifer Taylor
Canadian Journal of Law and Technology
There is now a reported decision under Nova Scotia’s new Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act,1 which came into force in July 2018 after the previous legislation, the Cyber-safety Act,2 was struck down as unconstitutional.3
The case, Candelora v. Feser,4 was set against the backdrop of a bitter family law dispute. Dawna Candelora (the Applicant), alleged that her former spouse Trevor Feser and his new partner Sonia Dadas (the Respondents) were cyber- bullying her through an unrelenting stream of negative Facebook posts.
Justice Joshua Arnold of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia found that the Respondents had engaged in cyber-bullying and …