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Defamation and Anonymous Postings on the Internet

When will an internet service provider be ordered to provide personal information about one of it’s customers? The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently released dealt with this issue in the case of A.B. v. Bragg Communications. The case involved a child was who was bullied and subjected to sexualized defamatory content online. A fake profile was created on Facebook containing photos of the plaintiff, as well as sexually explicit details about the plaintiff, much of which was false and damaging.