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B.C. Tribunal Rules X Can’t Be Fined for Not Deleting Intimate Image

A British Columbia tribunal ruled Monday it cannot penalize X for failing to delete an intimate image, reversing a $100,000 fine after the platform "geoblocked" the content in Canada.
The case stems from a March 2025 protection order requiring image deletion, which prompted the Civil Resolution Tribunal of B.C. to impose the $100,000 penalty in September 2025 that X challenged.
Tribunal vice chair Eric Regehr reversed the fine, stating X took "reasonable steps" to address the distribution by concluding that global deletion would "govern a foreign corporation's operations in a foreign country."
Regehr emphasized that "when laws could impact the sovereignty of other countries, the principle of comity affects how those laws are interpreted," limiting the tribunal's authority to impose international orders.
In the same decision, Regehr denied X's request that the complainant be ordered to pay its legal fees, concluding the tribunal's involvement in the dispute.

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B.C. tribunal rules X can’t be fined for not deleting intimate image

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia tribunal has ruled it cannot penalize social media platform X for not deleting an intimate image of a person shared online against her will, and

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B.C. tribunal rules X can't be fined for not deleting intimate image

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia tribunal has ruled it cannot penalize social media platform X for not deleting an intimate image of a person shared online against her will, and that blocking the image in Canada instead reasonably addresses its unlawful distribution.

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