A new Intimate Images Protection Act to help people in BC who have had their intimate images shared without their consent is now in effect.
Bill 12 covers intimate images, near-nude images, videos, livestreams and digitally altered images, or deepfakes.
There were seven reports of extortion related to intimate images made to Revelstoke RCMP in 2023. Revelstoke RCMP staff sergeant Chris Dodds told StokeFM that in all instances reported the victim was male. Of those, 25 per cent of the victims were under the age of 18.
School District 19 Revelstoke, in collaboration with Revelstoke ScreenSmart, recently hosted a series of digital parenting talks presented by Scott Rothermel of Safer Schools Together. One of the presentations focused on sexting, sextortion and the sexual age of consent.
Cybertip.ca, a national tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children notes that in cases where gender is known, 90 per cent of victims are male.
