Legal Risks of Using Twitter in Canada

Legal Risks of Using Twitter in Canada

The use of Twitter can be a potential minefield of legal risks in Canada. Recent cases have shown that the courts are perfectly willing to award damages and other remedies such as injunctions in cases involving libellous tweets or posts and we have seen that the trend for bringing such claims is firmly on the increase. Because of the immediacy of social media and the ease with which a tweet can be distributed to an audience of many thousands, the potential for damage to the reputations of individuals and ...