Law / Canada / Saskatchewan
The Defamation Act, court orders against an internet intermediary to remove or de-index a defamatory publication
The Defamation Act, S.S. 2026, c. 15, s. 12
In force since .
A notice and action rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance
As of .
What it requires
- If a Saskatchewan court in a defamation action orders you, as an internet intermediary (a person or organization that hosts or indexes third party content through an online platform), to remove or de-index the publications that include the defamatory words, make every reasonable effort to remove or de-index them.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
In a defamation action, the court may order the defendant to make every reasonable effort to make the publication unavailable to others, including by having it removed from any platform operated by an internet intermediary and de-indexed from any internet search engine. The court may also order any internet intermediary or other person or organization to make every reasonable effort to remove or de-index all publications that include the defamatory words.
For the purposes of section 12, an internet intermediary is an internet intermediary as defined in The Protection From Human Trafficking Act. That Act defines an internet intermediary as a person or organization that hosts or indexes third party content through an online platform. The Act was assented to on . The Act comes into force by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Order in Council 375/2026 brought The Defamation Act into force on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app operates a social platform or reuses other publishers' content.