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Originally Posted by GirlySports
for the lawyers out there. will there ever be laws against hateful social media comments?
is it possible?
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It's possible now both civilly and criminally. No need to create new laws about it; just a question of enforcement. I don't think it would be wise to criminally prosecute people for saying nasty things. Hate speech is already a crime in Canada but not often prosecuted for many good reasons.
Death threats are not easy to prosecute. There has to be actual intent for the person receiving the threat to fear for his or her life. I doubt the police or the Crown would feel it was worthwhile to prosecute except in the most extreme circumstances. Similarly, a lot of cost and risk to sue someone; I wouldn't bother unless someone was harassing you long-term and they had some assets that you could actually get a payout at the end of the day.