The cases of a teenage Nova Scotia girl who was allegedly defamed on a bogus Facebook page and of two University of Calgary students who were punished for criticizing a professor on the social networking site are just two examples of the legal wranglings involving social media.
The Supreme Court of Canada heard an appeal by the Nova Scotia girl on Thursday. The young woman and her family are appealing a lower court's ruling that said she couldn't proceed with her defamation case without revealing her name.
In the case of the University of Calgary students, the Alberta Court of Appeal sided with the students.
While high-profile cases like those are rare in Canada, there are still a number of outstanding legal issues involving Facebook — apart from the defamation/criticism described above — that could have an impact on social network behaviour
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Source: cbc.ca
By: Mark Gollom
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