Cases

Crookes v Newton

Comment

This decision establishes a clear rule that those who hyperlink to defamatory material will not be held to have published that material, and therefore will not be liable in defamation under Canadian law. It appears that this is so even where the hyperlinker is aware that the material he or she is linking is defamatory; and even (as per the majority) where the hyperlinker adopts or endorses the material accessed via the hyperlink, so long as he or she does not actually repeat the defamatory material.

Areas of work

Defamation
Foreign Jurisdictions
Media Law

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