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June 24, 2021
United States v Meng 2021 BCSC 1253
Ms. Meng unsuccessfully applied for an order banning the publication of documents she received from HSBC and had filed...
June 11, 2021
Sherman Estate v Donovan 2021 SCC 25
The Toronto Star successfully challenged the sealing orders on the probate files of the Sherman estate.
March 23, 2021
Rowat v the Crown, the CBC et al 2021 ONSC 2215
In this decision the ONSC dismissed the accused’s application for an order banning the publication of his name because...
February 24, 2021
Racki v Racki 2021 NSSC 46
This NSSC decision confirms the existence of the tort of public disclosure of private facts in Nova Scotia.
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Joint open letter by civil society organizations and independent experts calling on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology | Amnesty International https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/doc10/4516/2021/en/
If we don’t do anything to stop the sale of this technology, it’s not just going to be 50,000 targets: It’s going to be 50 million targets, and it’s going to happen much more quickly than any of us expect.
https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/ns-oh-god-how-is-this-legal
La désinformation, c’est aussi un business: “There is, unfortunately, a huge market demand for disinformation,” Mr. Brookie said, “and a lot of places across the ecosystem that are more than willing to fill that demand.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html
The Spyware Threat to Journalists https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/02/the-spyware-threat-to-journalists?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned via @NewYorker
My latest paper, The Scope of Canadian Defamation Injunctions, is now available for free on CanLII: https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/doc/2021CanLIIDocs1678?zoupio-debug#!fragment//(hash:(chunk:(anchorText:''),notesQuery:'',scrollChunk:!n,searchQuery:'hilary%20/3%20young',searchSortBy:RELEVANCE,tab:search))
