The National Post had a story yesterday that covers an exchange between a government lawyer and Athanasios Hadjis, a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
According to the lawyer, Section 13 [Hate messages] of the Human Rights Act now covers “anyone who puts the written word down in digital form.”
The tribunal member asked whether it is fair to hold Web site owners accountable for what others write in comment sections.
While the interchange in the National Post covered hate, does that question also apply to defamation? What is the responsibility of a blogger or webmaster to remove comments that are defamatory in nature?
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