A Canadian judgment against a former president of the local Parent Advisory Council, who allegedly defamed teachers, a parent and a trustee. Susan Halstead was accused of writing emails and posting on her own website to defame individuals, on of which accused an individual of befriending child pornographers, drunkenness and sexual harassment.

Although these sorts of actions can and should not be tolerated, blogs and emails from untrained journalists will never have the journalistic integrity of a trained professional. Journalist have had the treats of libel against in the past to try and silence them (libel chill), but never has such a threat of libel been threatened against a blogger. This judgment could mean websites and bloggers being more careful about publishing what they think is fact, especially about big businesses and corporations.

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