A B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Frank Giustra can sue the social media company in a B.C. courtroom due to Giustra’s history and presence in the province, and the possibility of the tweets at the heart of the matter being seen by up to half a million users in B.C. (CBC)

Talking point: Giustra, CEO of Fiore Group and founder of Lionsgate Entertainment, filed a defamation suit in April 2019 asking the social media company to take down tweets that he said vilified him after his work with the Clinton Foundation. The tweets allegedly included death threats and called Giustra a pedophile. Twitter did not file a response, but wanted the case thrown out over jurisdictional issues. The judge wrote that Canadian law considers online defamation to take “place where the defamatory statements are read, accessed or downloaded by a third party.” The case could help other Canadians who want to hold U.S.-based platforms accountable for content found on their sites. “I hope this lawsuit will help raise public awareness of the real harm to society if social media platforms are not held responsible for the content posted and published on their sites,” Giustra said in a statement, adding that he looks forward to pursuing the case in the province.