VANCOUVER A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that businessman Frank Giustra s lawsuit against Twitter Inc. over alleged “false and defamatory” tweets can proceed in the province. Giustra, the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and CEO of the Fiore Group of Companies, filed a civil lawsuit in April 2019 alleging that Twitter published defamatory tweets about him and neglected or refused to remove many of the posts despite his repeated requests. Giustra says in a statement of claim that he sits on the Clinton Foundation board and the tweets escalated during the 2016 U.S. election, accusing him of being involved in “Pizzagate,” a debunked child sex-trafficking conspiracy theory.
VANCOUVER A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that businessman Frank Giustra’s lawsuit against Twitter Inc. over alleged “false and defamatory” tweets can proceed in the province. Giustra, the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and CEO of the Fiore Group of Companies, filed a civil lawsuit in April 2019 alleging that Twitter published defamatory […]
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VANCOUVER - A prominent British Columbia businessman and philanthropist s defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. can proceed in a court in the province, a judge has ruled.
Frank Giustra, founder of Lionsgate Entertainment, alleges in a lawsuit that numerous tweets were published linking him to a debunked child sex trafficking conspiracy theory known as pizzagate.
Twitter filed an application asking the B.C. Supreme Court to decline jurisdiction in favour of California, where the company is headquartered.
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