Defendant liable for defamatory tweets about university instructor
Thursday, June 30, 2022James R.G. CookLitigationDefamation, Social Media, Twitter
As an Ontario court has previously recognized, Twitter is a rhetorically harsh speech environment. A stark difference in political or other views may be...
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Claim for defamatory tweets dismissed
Thursday, March 3, 2022James R.G. CookLitigationDefamation, Courts of Justice Act, Twitter
Can one who freely wades into the choppy waters of Twitter complain about getting splashed? So asked the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in a recent case involving allegedly...
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Defamation claim against Twitter allowed to proceed in British Columbia
Tuesday, January 26, 2021James R.G. CookLitigationBritish Columbia, Defamation, Twitter
When defamatory statements are alleged to have been transmitted internationally via social media, the question of where to start a...
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