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In this Feb. 8, 2018 file photo, the logo for Twitter is displayed above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Richard Drew January 15, 2021 - 5:35 PM
VANCOUVER - A prominent British Columbia businessman and philanthropist s defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. can proceed in a court in the province, a judge has ruled.
Frank Giustra, founder of Lionsgate Entertainment, alleges in a lawsuit that numerous tweets were published linking him to a debunked child sex trafficking conspiracy theory known as pizzagate.
Twitter filed an application asking the B.C. Supreme Court to decline jurisdiction in favour of California, where the company is headquartered.
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