A New Brunswick mayor says online abuse of politicians can spill into real life, while an international expert says personal attacks on politicians who are women are pushing some out of politics and keeping others from running.
Cyberbullying of women and minorities politicians can ‘walk off the computer screen,’ N.B. mayor warns
Jennifer William · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 31, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Brittany Merrifield, left, president of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick, and Marilyn Bromberg, an associate professor at the University of Western Australia Law School, at a conference at UNB in Fredericton on Friday. (Jennifer William/CBC)
Personal attacks are pushing some women out of politics and keeping others from ever running, an international expert on cyberbullying said Friday.
Marilyn Bromberg, an associate professor at the University of Western Australia Law School, was in Fredericton to speak at a free public conference at the University of New Brunswick aimed at getting more women elected in the province.
About one-third of the seats in the legislature were held by women.
Bromberg said online abuse of female politicians was typically far more personal than what men faced.
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