Venting Your Frustrations On Facebook? Think Twice

In April 2012, the Superior Court of Québec rendered a decision (9080-5128 Québec inc. v. Morin-Ogilvy, 2012 QCCS 1464) that has a direct impact on the use of social media applications to which both adults and children are growing more accustomed.

In this case, one of the defendants used Facebook to vent her frustrations concerning one of the plaintiffs, a former friend. Following the deterioration of relations between the parties, including a disagreement over the repair of the defendant's car at an automobile repair shop owned by the plaintiff, the defendant published comments on her Facebook Wall and sent messages privately through Facebook regarding the plaintiff, her daughter and her conduct surrounding the car repairs.