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Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and MySpace have become a prevalent source of entertainment and social interaction for Canadians.

The scope of an employer’s right to discipline and terminate an employee for indiscreet or inappropriate remarks in social media is far from settled.

On December 8, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 25-306 Activist Short Selling Update (Staff Notice 25-306)...

Employers have addressed these novel challenges by adopting codes of conduct governing the use of social media by employees.

Easy-to-follow dances and eerily accurate deepfakes aren't the only things going viral on social media these days—class action lawsuits over deceptive influencer marketing are starting to trend too.

On June 10, 2026, the federal government introduced Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act. If passed, Bill C-34 would establish a federal digital safety regime by enacting the Digital Safety Act (Act) and create the Digital Safety Commission of Canada (Commission) through the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act (the DSCCA). The Commission would be responsible for overseeing and enforcing the Act.

Given the ubiquitous nature of social media and the ease with which information can be created and shared, social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, are one of the fastest growing areas of concern for employers.

A recent decision from the Ontario Divisional Court raised a "clash" between a professional's right to "speak in a certain manner" on Twitter...

In the recent decision of Caryk v Karlsson,1 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice refused to compel Erik Karlsson's wife to provide evidence relating to allegations that she was cyberbullied by the partner of one...

On June 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in Douez v. Facebook Inc.

Canada is now in the statutorily defined "election period" that ends on Election Day, Sept. 20. 2021.

On September 2, 2023, the federal government published its highly anticipated draft Regulations Respecting the Application of the Online News Act, the Duty to Notify and the Request for Exemptions...

The novel coronavirus has disrupted the way we operate, and the implementation of social distancing has resulted in a larger number of employees working from home.

Today, many franchise networks have pages on various social media sites (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Google+) to increase their visibility among internet users and to promote their news, announcements, special offers, etc.

The Internet provides seemingly endless opportunities for organizations to market and promote their goods and services and to build customer loyalty.

One of the purposes of section 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act ("CJA") is to discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on a matters of public interest.

The breakdown of intimate relationships can lead to a war of highly charged words that are published to third persons on social media.