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by Wilya 4420 days ago
Whether he is a nice kid or an asshole has nothing to do with how laws against revealing his identity apply.
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are victims under the same restrictions as the press? What if they are the same as in this case?
My guess would be that it doesn't matter. The relevant text seems to be [0], and it focuses on the act of publishing, not on who does it.

Being a victim doesn't give you any particular rights to publish this information. But the law says nothing about merely telling it to all your friends. And if you're walking the line between these two, it's probably better to talk to a lawyer before speaking.

[0] http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/Y-1.5/page-45.html#h...

Then I would say a bit of extra restraint would be appropriate. Especially if the victim has a habit of trying to engage the perps and has set himself up as an extra visible target. Imagine Billy the Kid picking fights with every kid with a gun (yes, sure it would happen the other way around as well but Krebs is doing everything to fan the flames).

It's a fine line between crime and entrapment, so when your business depends on having these crimes happen to you then you should be extra careful in how you go about dealing with the perps identities, especially if they are minors.