Social media
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Meta settles Quebec class action over unauthorized sharing of user data
Meta has discreetly agreed to pay $9 million to settle a Quebec class action that alleged Facebook violated the privacy rights of users by providing access to their personal and private information to third parties without their consent. Continue reading
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Request for recusal highlights need for judicial guidelines over social media
A Quebec judge who was asked by defense lawyers to recuse herself from presiding over a multi-defendant drug trial because many of her “friends” on Facebook are Crown prosecutors highlights the need for a comprehensive guideline to help judges navigate the world of social media and developing technologies, assert legal observers. Continue reading