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B.C. Attorney General ‘deeply disturbed’ by social media giant’s intimate image case
The B.C. Attorney General supports a $100,000 penalty against X Corp. for not removing an intimate image globally, citing insufficient protection for victims, tribunal said.
- On Thursday, British Columbia Attorney General Nikki Sharma said the province will join the B.C. Supreme Court fight to defend the Intimate Images Protection Act.
- After a protection order earlier this year the tribunal ordered removal of the image and imposed a $100,000 penalty for failing to delete it globally.
- This month X filed a petition saying it promptly complied by geo‑blocking the image in Canada but not elsewhere and argues a global blocking order would undermine sovereignty and free speech.
- Sharma emphasized the legal duty to remove intimate images under provincial law, saying `Under B.C. law, these images must be removed when ordered to do so, without exceptions,' while the complainant called the petition an abuse of process.
- X cautions that global blocking orders could let hostile foreign nations demand removal of statements by a Canadian prime minister or premier and let the strictest jurisdictions dictate online content.
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B.C. Attorney General 'deeply disturbed' by social media giant's intimate image case
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Attorney General says she's "deeply disturbed" that the social media company X has filed a legal challenge against an order to remove a non-consensual intimate image from the internet.
Attorney general’s statement about social media company X challenging Civil Resolution Tribunal order
Niki Sharma, Attorney General, has released the following statement in response to social media company X applying for judicial review of a Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) order to remove a non-consensual intimate image from its platform:
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