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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.

February 16, 2021
Levant v Demelle 2021 ONSC 1074
The ONSC dismissed this defamation action, finding that the plaintiff had not led any specific evidence that any specific...

February 16, 2021
Rebel News v. Al Jazeera Media 2021 ONSC 1035
Al Jazeera succeeds in its anti-SLAPP motion against Rebel News.

January 14, 2021
Giustra v Twitter Inc 2021 BCSC 54
BCSC decision on jurisdiction in defamation case where movie mogul's lawsuit against Twitter is allowed to proceed in BC.

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Allan Thompson @ProfAllan·

3 Mar

Alan Rusbridger, chair of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and a member of Facebook’s Oversight Board, is now talking with Anna Maria Tremonti for a Canadian Journalism Foundation event called News and How to Use it. #JTalksLive

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2 Mar

Alan Rusbridger says Oversight Board will ask to see Facebook's algorithm http://dlvr.it/RtqS5l

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Nancy Rubin @NRubinLaw·

26 Feb

Another privacy tort recognized in NS. Hey self-publishers: it’s well worth hiring a lawyer to give pre-pub and clearance advice. #privacy #torts https://twitter.com/SM_Law/status/1365410056498479105

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Superior Court of Justice (ON)@SCJOntario_en·

24 Feb

Updated today: Chief Justice Morawetz's Supplementary Notice to the Profession and Litigants in Civil and Family Matters Regarding the Caselines Pilot, E-Filing, and Fee Payment, now on the SCJ website: https://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/notices-and-orders-covid-19/supplementary-notice-september-2-2020/

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Committee to Protect Journalists@pressfreedom·

23 Feb

Canadian and U.S. journalists look back at press freedom under the Trump administration at “Speaking Truth to Power,” co-hosted by CPJ and @CJFE on Tuesday, February 23, at 7 p.m.

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