A lie can travel halfway around the world while the
truth is putting on its shoes,
1 writes lawyer
Christina Wallis, borrowing a quote often attributed to Mark Twain,
in responding to a vicious campaign of defamatory online posts that
targeted Ms. Wallis and others.
Ms. Wallis is one of the many plaintiffs in the recent Ontario
Superior Court case recognizing a new tort of internet
harassment.
Caplan v. Atas,
2 a decision which was released on
January 28, 2021, describes the defendant s systematic
campaigns of malicious falsehood,
3 spanning over 15
years, and canvassing an ever-widening circle of
victims.
4 Some of the subjects of the
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