This article was last updated on May 25, 2022
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The ruling of Supreme Court on the case of a 17-year-old student, codenamed as A.B., and her father requesting for the approval to keep their identity a secret along with the permission to demand an internet service provider to disclose the identity of culprit was announced today. The Nova Scotia teenager was granted the permission to keep herself anonymous in the case against a cyberbully, though it did not approve any kind of publication ban on the details of the case.
Two years back the teenager discovered about her fake profile on Facebook which used her misspelled name and personal pictures. This alleged profile had crucially offensive material about her appearance and sexual practices. Facebook has already banned the profile page and revealed the IP address of the culprit.
The judge has now agreed to force the internet service provider, Eastlink, to hand over the credentials of the IP address owner, but stayed this order until A.B. and her father agree to identify themselves in the order. Meanwhile their request of keeping the offensive details of the Facebook profile a secret has been denied.
This judgment of Supreme Court announced this Thursday overrules all previous judgments of lower courts. Now A.B. and her father have a right to resume their case with only her initials documented. The court ruling mentioned that “because A.B. was a young person, she deserved protection.” The court declared that it understands that such requests are crucially relevant for the protection of victims in cyberbullying.
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