ABSTRACT
This is the Final Report of the Law Commission of Ontario’s (LCO’s) Defamation Law in the Internet Age project. The LCO’s project examined Ontario’s defamation laws and how they should be updated to account for ‘internet speech’, including social media, blogs, internet platforms and digital media. The Report concludes that law reform is needed to modernize defamation and better protect freedom of expression in an online world. These reforms should build on successful common law developments and Ontario’s anti-SLAPP legislation. The Final Report makes 39 recommendations addressing Ontario’s Libel and Slander Act, the substantive law of defamation, publication, notice, limitation periods, injunctions, jurisdiction, take-downs, internet intermediaries and related issues …
Law Commission of Ontario, Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Final Report (March 1, 2020).
First posted 2020-09-10 04:45:25
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