Chronicle Herald - Hard to see, even harder to police
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鈥�
It鈥檚 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 香蕉视频 in Montreal and the author of three books about cyberbullying鈥�
Shariff is heading an interactive project at McGill that launches in May. Define the Line will help students become 鈥渞esponsible 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.
