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By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read February 20, 2020

Substantial damages awarded for defamatory social media posts

The recent decision of Rook v. Halcrow, 2019 BCSC 2253 continues to underscore that social media posts are public domain and that serious censure can follow defamatory social media posts. It appears that courts are perhaps increasingly willing to award very serious damages for particularly malicious social media posts.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / defamation, defamatory comments, injury to reputation, social media, social media posts

By Maanit Zemel | 3 Minutes Read October 19, 2015

Yelp! – How do I deal with negative online reviews?

Every business knows that online reviews matter. They are today’s equivalent of “word of mouth”. It is to be expected that most businesses will, at some point, receive negative reviews online. After all, unhappy consumers tend to want to share their negative experience with the world. Those negative reviews may have a great impact on the business’ financial success or failure.

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / anonymous reviewer, business is a target of negative reviews, consumer complaints, consumers, defamation, defamatory comments, negative online reviews, Online reviews, PR, Public relations, Tripadvisor, website, websites liable for defamation, Yelp

By Maanit Zemel | 2 Minutes Read August 8, 2011

Angry bloggers beware! – Your anonymity is not guaranteed… unless you defame a politician

One year ago, I wrote about the Canadian courts’ trend of ordering Internet service providers or website operators to reveal the identity of anonymous bloggers, when it is alleged that the bloggers had defamed the plaintiff. A recent decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, suggests that, when the plaintiff is a politician, the bloggers may continue to remain anonymous.

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Privacy / alleged defamation, anonymity, anonymous bloggers, bloggers, Blogging, constitutional right, defamation, defamatory comments, Freedom of expression, internet defamation, Internet Service Providers, ISP, ISPs, malicious motives, Morris v. Johnson, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Politician, politics, social media, social networking, Town of Aurora, website operators

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