An anonymous reader points out this report that a Canadian Supreme Court has broadened its interpretation of an existing law designed to punish adults who attempt to meet children online for criminal purposes; under the court’s interpretation, says the article, that would now “include anyone having an inappropriate conversation with a child — even if the chats aren’t sexual in nature and the accused never intended to meet the alleged victim.” The story quotes Mark Hecht, of the organization Beyond Borders, thus: “If you’re an adult and if you’re having conversations with a child on the Internet, be warned because even if your conversations aren’t sexual and even if your conversations are not for the purpose of meeting a child and committing an offence against a child, what you’re doing is potentially a crime.”
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