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In a case where a Facebook user was falsely accused of online harassment, a judge in Quebec, Canada, ruled that online content cannot be compelled to be censored unless it’s illegal. The decision might have gone otherwise if Canada had already passed the free-speech-damaging internet censorship Bill C-36.
In the ruling, Quebec Superior Court’s Justice Martin Sheehan argued that social media platforms do not follow the same rules as traditional media.
“All users become content distributors,” Sheehan said. “Posts are often done instantly, without thinking or checking. These publications are not subject to the same controls that exist in traditional media,” Blacklock’s first reported .The judge acknowledged that social media content “sometimes gives rise to comments which may amount to virulent personal attacks.” However, social media companies cannot be held accountable for these comments because they “do […]
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