What to do when the #publicgood of #information goes bad
🧐"given today’s #tech, marginal cost of disseminating info is essentially zero. Yet creating true info isn't free at all.. A tax on big #AI bizs shld be dedicated to supporting te #creative #commons.. we shld be delighted tt jury in California found #Meta & #Google #guilty of “ #negligence” & damaging users. Such bizs hv been shielded against consequences of te damage their indiff'ce inflicts, not least on children"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/what-to-do-when-the-public-good-of-information-goes-bad

School division turned a blind eye to disgraced coach Kelsey McKay's abuse of students: lawsuit
A former high school student suing a Winnipeg school division for negligence alleges they were sexually and psychologically abused for years by a former teacher and coach who is now a convicted sex offender, and that the division turned a blind eye to the abuse.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kelsey-mckay-lawsuit-pembina-trails-9.7150675?cmp=rss

East York woman on trial for manslaughter in death of elderly mother
The paramedic testified that the patient's daughter informed him that her mother had been on the floor for approximately three days.
#Crime #CriminalNegligenceCausingDeath #EvaSamonas #Manslaughtertrial
https://globalnews.ca/news/11746397/east-york-woman-on-trial-for-manslaughter-in-death-of-elderly-mother/

Alberta police watchdog not recommending charges against RCMP in death of woman's baby
Lloydminster RCMP officers who arrested a pregnant mother won't face charges in the death of her baby, with the police watchdog citing her drug use as a factor in the newborn's death. ASIRT says the detachment's attitude was inappropriate but it's not believed that treating the mother earlier could have saved her baby.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/asirt-rcmp-baby-death-9.7136276?cmp=rss

Manslaughter charges laid in Old Montreal fire that killed 7
The owner is also facing charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm after eight people were injured in the fire at the Old Montreal building.
#Crime #Montrealcrime #Montrealfire #SPVM
https://globalnews.ca/news/11736034/charges-laid-old-montreal-fire-7-killed/

Manslaughter charges laid in Old Montreal fire that killed 7
The owner is also facing charges of criminal negligence causing bodily harm after eight people were injured in the fire at the Old Montreal building.
#Crime #Montrealcrime #Montrealfire #SPVM
https://globalnews.ca/news/11736034/charges-laid-old-montreal-fire-7-killed/

Woman who lost 35-week pregnancy settles lawsuit with Fredericton hospital
A Hanwell woman who delivered a stillborn girl at the Chalmers Hospital in 2022 has discontinued her negligence lawsuit against Horizon Health, the hospital and four doctors. Aimee Dunn's lawyer said the case was settled out of court on terms that were "tolerable" to his client.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/medical-negligence-lawsuit-pregnancy-9.7114670?cmp=rss

Human Problems: It’s Not Always The Technology’s Fault

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/10/human-problems-its-not-always-the-technologys-fault/

Fredericton hospital and woman who lost 35-week pregnancy settle lawsuit
A Hanwell woman who delivered a stillborn girl at the Chalmers Hospital in 2022 has discontinued her negligence lawsuit against Horizon Health, the hospital and four doctors. Aimee Dunn's lawyer said the case was settled out of court on terms that were "tolerable" to his client.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/medical-negligence-lawsuit-pregnancy-9.7114670?cmp=rss