ITBusiness.ca has an article about the responsiblity of Canadian hosts of web sites, blogs, and wikis for defamatory content that others post.

The hosts can be held liable. Hosts don’t have to monitor their sites to feret out potentially libelous material. But if someone complains that their site contains something defamatory about them, the safest approach is to remove it immediately.

The policy problem is that the allegation may or may not be true – but for most hosts, its not worth the fight.

Read the ITBusiness.ca article

Read a recent post of mine on the topic referring to a Toronto Star article by Michael Geist