The discovery of an image of Rehtaeh Parsons, the Nova Scotia teen who died in April, in an online dating ad on Facebook has outraged her parents and put the social media site on the defensive. http://cbc.sh/GB9Ju1X

It's yet more proof that it is almost impossible to control where images uploaded to the internet ultimately end up.

"This is a textbook example of the fact that everything we put online we immediately give up or give over to whoever wants to use it," says Sidneyeve Matrix, a media professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

(Photo: Facebook)

The discovery of an image of Rehtaeh Parsons, the Nova Scotia teen who died in April, in an online dating...
Retour à l'accueil