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December 23, 2022
Canadian Frontline Nurses v. Canadian Nurses Association, 2022 ONSC 7280
Vermette J.: “The Plaintiffs have been outspoken critics of prevailing public health guidance related to COVID-19, using social media...
December 21, 2022
Postmedia Network Inc. v. Named Persons, 2022 BCCA 431
The judgment dismisses Postmedia’s appeals from orders of the BC trial court rejecting Postmedia’s attempt to vacate or vary...
November 23, 2022
Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada v Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2022 BCSC 2030
The plaintiffs, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC), and its Chief Executive Officer, Keith Henry, brought a defamation action...
November 16, 2022
HMK v Ultra Electronics 2022 QCCS 500-36-010389-222
The Remediation Agreement régime under Part XXII.1 of the Criminal Code (s. 715.3 to 715.43) was adopted in 2018...
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More journalists killed in Latin America and Caribbean than Ukraine in ‘22. “I don’t have any reason to think this year is going be different unless we see very radically different approaches…like creating effective protection mechanisms”-@cmdelaserna https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/24/more-journalists-killed-latin-america-caribbean-ukraine-2022-cpj?CMP=share_btn_tw
How Rishi Sunak’s Treasury helped Putin ally sue Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins | openDemocracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/prigozhin-government-russia-ukraine-hack-libel-slapp/
Grim milestone: record 363 journalists were in jail worldwide at start of December, 20% more than same time last year. #JournalismIsNotACrime. Read #FreeThePress @pressfreedom:
https://cpj.org/reports/2022/12/number-of-jailed-journalists-spikes-to-new-global-record/
BOOM!! Rupert Murdoch has been subpoenaed and will be forced into a deposition for Dominion's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News. Here's the best part - its a CIVIL matter, so pleading the fifth won't work for most of their questions!
In today’s policy advisory opinion, the Oversight Board calls for major overhaul in the treatment of high-profile users on FB and IG.
We also urge Meta to prioritize protections for speech that is important from a human rights perspective rather than based on business interests.
