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Ontario Gov’t Reverses on Young Drivers in Light of Facebook Protests

The Ontario government has dropped plans to create new restrictions on young drivers in light of huge criticism on Facebook.  A Facebook group criticizing the plan garnered 150,000 members and Transportation Minister Jim Bradley admitted that the group had an impact on the government's thinking.

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December 9, 2008 13 comments News

Lawless Canada Emerging as a Spam Haven

My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, Ottawa Citizen version, The Tyee version, homepage version) focuses on the state of anti-spam legislation in Canada.  It notes that the recent Facebook case has placed the spotlight on Canada’s ongoing failure to address its spam problem by introducing long overdue anti-spam legislation.  The fact that organizations are forced to use U.S. courts and laws to deal with Canadian spammers points to an inconvenient truth – Canadian anti-spam laws are woefully inadequate and we are rapidly emerging as a haven for spammers eager exploit the weak legal framework.

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December 3, 2008 7 comments Columns

Lawless Canada Emerging as a Spam Haven

Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 1, 2008 as Canada Emerges as Haven for Spam Last month, a California court awarded social networking giant Facebook US$873 million in damages arising from the activities of a single spamming organization.  The decision garnered headlines in Canada not only for the lofty […]

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December 1, 2008 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

McGuinty Calls for Facebook-Based Consultation on License Restrictions

Earlier this fall, I wrote a column on the CRTC's online consultation on new media, commending the CRTC for conducting the consultation but concluding that it takes more than "if you build it, they will come" approach."  I argued that improving on that performance would require government to actually conduct […]

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November 26, 2008 33 comments News

U.S. Court Hits Canadian Spammer With $873 Million Damage Award

A U.S. court has awarded Facebook $873 million in damages arising from spam on the popular social networking site.  The target of the suit is Adam Guerbuez and Atlantis Blue Capital of Montreal.  The award is the largest ever under the U.S. Can-Spam Act.  While it is unlikely that Facebook […]

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November 24, 2008 9 comments News