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In 2020, two Canadian women were the victims of false accusations of racism based on the rantings of a single individual on Twitter. As a result of that individual, both women lost their jobs.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...cial-media-mocking-death-of-george-floyd.html
https://financialpost.com/executive...al-media-can-be-grounds-for-instant-dismissal
It turns out the accusations were completely false and invented. The accusations were based entirely on a single screenshot from a much longer video posted to Snapchat which no longer exists. The women have now been awarded $100,000 in damages, which they will never collect, because the person behind the defamation campaign has no money.
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2021/2021onsc6661/2021onsc6661.html
Not surprisingly, zero Canadian media outlets have yet to retract their original stories.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...cial-media-mocking-death-of-george-floyd.html
https://financialpost.com/executive...al-media-can-be-grounds-for-instant-dismissal
It turns out the accusations were completely false and invented. The accusations were based entirely on a single screenshot from a much longer video posted to Snapchat which no longer exists. The women have now been awarded $100,000 in damages, which they will never collect, because the person behind the defamation campaign has no money.
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2021/2021onsc6661/2021onsc6661.html
Not surprisingly, zero Canadian media outlets have yet to retract their original stories.