Ontario Court Orders Website To Disclose Identity of Anonymous Posters

An Ontario court has ordered (pdf) the owners of the FreeDominion.ca to disclose all personal information on eight anonymous posters to the chat site. The required information includes email and IP addresses. The case arises from a lawsuit launched by Richard Warman, the anti-hate fighter, against the site and the posters. The court focused heavily on the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure, which contain a strong duty of disclosure on litigants.

Source – Michael Geist

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