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On 19 October 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada (the SCC) unanimously ruled that posting hyperlinks that included defamatory content on websites was not in itself defamatory
On 2 September 2011, the British Columbia Supreme Court (the Court) held that mere browsing of a website may be sufficient to constitute acceptance of its terms of use
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and Industry Canada (IC) have respectively issued draft regulations (the CRTC Regulations and the IC Regulations) that would allow the implementation of Canada's new anti-spam legislation (the Act
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has granted leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal judgment dated 7 July 2010, which held that internet service providers (ISPs) do not carry on a "broadcasting undertaking" as defined in the federal Broadcasting Act
Canada's new anti-spam legislation, unofficially known as the Canada Online Protection Legislation (COPL) or Canada Anti-Spam Legislation, is still awaiting the release of draft accompanying regulations, and with them confirmation of a date of proclamation for the legislation itself
The Government of Canada has passed landmark anti-spam legislation, known as Bill C-28 (unofficially called the Canada Online Protection Legislation or COPL), which will come into force when a proclamation date is published later this year
