Law / Canada / New Brunswick
Intimate Images Unlawful Distribution Act, immunity of Internet intermediaries
Intimate Images Unlawful Distribution Act, S.N.B. 2022, c. 1, s. 11
In force since .
An intermediary liability rule binding private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance
As of .
What it requires
- Take reasonable steps to address unlawful distribution of intimate images in the use of your services, to keep the immunity from an application or action under the Intimate Images Unlawful Distribution Act; the immunity does not limit a court's authority to order you to remove or de-index an intimate image.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
No application or action may be brought against an Internet intermediary if the Internet intermediary has taken reasonable steps to address unlawful distribution of intimate images in the use of its services. Nothing in section 11 limits the court's authority under subsection 5(2) or 6(2) to make an order against an Internet intermediary or other person. The Act received Royal Assent on . The date of the assent is the date of the commencement of an Act if no other commencement is provided in it.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app operates a social platform, reuses other publishers' content or publishes adult content.