The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called 'sextortion scams,' new data from Statistics Canada suggests.
The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests.
The trial of her alleged harasser, Dutch national Aydin Coban, began in the B.C. Supreme Court in June. Incidents of non-consensual distribution of intimate images involving adult or child victims increased by 194 cases in 2021, representing a nine per cent jump from the year before, and a 52 per cent increase compared with the previous five-year average.
A review of the 322 sextortion cases Cybertip.ca received in July found that when gender was known, 92 per cent of them involved boys or young men. He cited a 2001 Supreme Court of Canada decision that established a "personal use" exception to the child pornography provisions. It said young people have a right to create intimate images of themselves as long as they don't depict illegal sexual activity, are held only for private use, and were created with the consent of the people in the image.
" are, in some ways, better served through the criminal procedure, whereas adults, I think, are more often having to turn to the civil procedures." Reynolds agreed but said she doesn't think the law will ever be able to "keep up with technology and the harms it can create."
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