Documentary by two Quebec filmmakers exposes horror of online violence against women
“We want to raise awareness on this issue. We wanted to show that these different women coming from different places in society and different ages were experiencing the same thing,” Maroist said.In the documentary, Gratton is told by Montreal police that there is nothing that they can do to help her.
“Police officers don’t have the training to deal with cyber violence, even less when it comes to anonymous accounts on social media. They don’t know how to help the victims,” Gratton said in a recent interview.“This impacts our democracy because now young women are avoiding going into politics because they don’t want to deal with online harassment,” she said.
They also want the Quebec government to pressure Ottawa to adopt a law forcing social media companies to crack down on hate speech on their platforms or risk steep financial penalties.
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