In Rehtaeh Parsons' case, it's press vs. Canadian law

From Columbia Journalism Review Tue Nov 25 2014, 17:20:00

By Allison Griner Leah Parsons was only 13 years old when she invented the name that would echo across Canada years later. Her niece Heather had come over to play, and Parsons started to toy with her name, arranging and rearranging the syllables. Heather. Parsons mused over the word, then repeated it backwards. Rehtaeh. "I thought, 'Oh, that's kind of neat....

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