A British Columbia tribunal has ordered a man to pay $20,000 after finding he repeatedly shared intimate videos of a woman online despite requests to remove them. The ruling paints a picture of someone who prioritized social media attention over another person’s privacy, with the tribunal concluding that financial penalties were needed to discourage similar behavior.
According to the tribunal’s decision, first reported by CTV News, the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) found that Sherif Elbishlawi’s actions went far beyond poor judgment. Tribunal member Maria Montgomery determined that he ignored requests to remove the videos, tried to repost them after they were taken down by Meta, and continued distributing the content despite knowing the woman objected.
