Post Tagged with: "free speech"

Crookes Appeals B.C. Linking Decision

P2PNet.net reports that Wayne Crookes has appealed a recent B.C. decision that addressed the liability for linking to allegedly defamatory content.

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November 27, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Report Recommends Repealing Hate Speech Provision

The National Post reports that an independent report by Professor Richard Moon has recommended that the controversial hate speech provision in the Human Rights Act be repealed.  The report was commissioned by the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

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November 24, 2008 8 comments News

The Battle Over Internet Filtering

Partial video of a seminar in Brussels on the “telecoms package” (external link).

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August 29, 2008 Comments are Disabled Video

B.C. Civil Liberties Association on C-61

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has adopted a position paper on C-61, warning of its effects on freedom of speech and privacy.

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August 1, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

B.C. Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Crookes Cyberlibel Suit

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision that dismissed a libel suit launched by Wayne Crookes against Yahoo!, MySpace, and a group of individuals.  The court rejected the view that a court should presume that something posted online on a restricted access site has been […]

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May 9, 2008 1 comment News