Ontario Has A New Tort: Internet Harassment - Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration
" 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-wideni...
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