Tag: Legislation
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3.3 Even if conventional content is separated from other forms of information which have meaning, the expansion of opportunities for authorities to draw inferences about citizens’ intentions or behavior from patterns emerging from electronic traces of their activities is growing exponentially with increases in the volume of the data that citizens generate through their active…
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The legal prosecution of Twitter users in the U.K. raises questions about the line between protecting free speech and limiting hate speech or libelous comments.Here in Canada, as the law currently stands, a person can only be prosecuted for something they’ve posted on social media if that posting is criminally libelous or incites hatred. If…
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The legal prosecution of Twitter users in the U.K. raises questions about the line between protecting free speech and limiting hate speech or libelous comments.Here in Canada, as the law currently stands, a person can only be prosecuted for something they’ve posted on social media if that posting is criminally libelous or incites hatred. If…