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Is there a reasonable expectation of anonymity when defamatory content is posted on the Internet? Is there a difference if the content posted is in the context of political speech? The answer to these questions is becoming increasingly important as cases surrounding defamatory content are becoming much more frequent.
For obvious reasons, this author hopes that a hyperlink, on its own, cannot be defamatory. Yet this is precisely the question before Canada’s Supreme Court in
Crookes v. Newton. The defendant, who operates P2PNet.net, authored an article entitled “Free Speech in Canada,” including hyperlinks to further articles that were allegedly defamatory of the plaintiff.
The issue of whether online gambling should be legalized is once again being taken up in the U.S. Congress through a new bill designed to significantly overhaul the UIGEA, which it passed in 2006. The UIGEA makes it illegal for U.S. financial institutions to transfer money to offshore gambling websites or to the online payment services those websites use.
Governments in a number of jurisdictions are moving not only to regulate online gaming but also to become an active participant in the industry. Various provinces in Canada have recently entered into the online gaming industry by developing and providing online gaming websites. In July of 2010, the Province of British Columbia opened the first government-sanctioned online casino in North America.
The New Zealand High Court recently ruled that a former cricketer accused of match-fixing over Twitter can pursue his Twitter libel case. Lalit Modi, a cricketing administrator, took to Twitter to accuse Chris Cairns, a former cricketer, of match-fixing on Twitter. Cairns in turn filed a lawsuit, claiming that Modi’s tweet was libelous.