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Chronicle Herald - Hard to see, even harder to police

Published: 26 March 2011

At school, you might see it coming. But in cyberspace, bullies descend like virtual shadow boxers, their victims left to fend off the blows of an attacker cloaked by his computer…

It’s unlikely there will ever be a specific law to prosecute those who victimize others online because of the countless ways in which it happens, said Shaheen Shariff, a professor at 69ÈÈÊÓƵ in Montreal and the author of three books about cyberbullying…

Shariff is heading an interactive project at 69ÈÈÊÓƵ that launches in May. Define the Line will help students become “responsible digital citizens" and collect data about what they consider online bullying. The results from the project could be used to develop legal and public policy surrounding cyberbullying, Shariff said.

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