This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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A resident of Nova Scotia is in attempt to sue a facebook user who allegedly ‘bullied her on Facebook’ and at the same time asks to keep her name and details of her case a secret from general public. The case has reached Supreme Court of Canada which is now to decide whether how to regard the “open court principle,” that is enlisted in the constitution as a right of general public to know the proceedings of all courts for the sake of scrutinizing its judgments.
So far the plaintiff is only referred with her initials A.B. The case encompasses happenings of 2010, when a user discovered that her fake profile has been set up on the social networking website. This alleged profile of her contained her pictures, name and other information that can easily identify her. It reported in the case documents that this notorious profile has comments on her physical appearance and included “scandalous sexual commentary of a private and intimate nature.” This civil suit now demands the court to force the Internet provider, Bragg Communications, into locating the person using the IP address for allegedly defaming her online.
The judge has once already declined her request for partial publication ban on the case. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal stated that “It would be contrary to the public interest in a case of this kind to permit a plaintiff who had initiated such an action, to then pursue her claim anonymously, with her identity kept secret.”
Now the case is before the Supreme Court and a ruling is expected Thursday morning.
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