Quebec activists, opposition MNAs demand action to fight online violence
On the eve of the anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre, a group of activists and politicians descended on the national assembly to demand authorities take more action to fight online violence.
She says when she was in university studying to be a teacher a few years ago, she and some fellow female classmates were bombarded with relentless online threats. Gratton says the harassment only got worse throughout her studies, but police initially told her she shouldn’t worry, that it wasn’t dangerous.
Firstly, they want all Quebec police officers to follow a mandatory online violence training program, so people like Gratton don’t feel left out in the cold.
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