Quebec Judge Approves Authorization For Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook Over COVID-19 Related Censorship On Its Platform.

https://breaking-news.ca/quebec-judge-approves-authorization-for-class-action-lawsuit-against-facebook-over-covid-19-related-censorship-on-its-platform/

This marks the second COVID-19 censorship class action lawsuit in Quebec that has been authorized to move forward against a social media company.

Yesterday, The Canadian Independent reported on a similar class action lawsuit that was just authorized against YouTube, which involved a Quebec YouTuber, Éloïse Boies, who runs the channel ‘Élo Wants to Know.’

That class action lawsuit alleges that YouTube has been censoring COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccine content it disagrees with, citing it as medical misinformation. You can read more about that story at the link in the comments section.

This class action lawsuit against Facebook, which is owned by Meta Platforms Inc, is similar in nature to the YouTube class action lawsuit. Both are being represented by the same lawyer, William Desrochers, and both judgments have been handed down by the same Quebec Superior Court judge, Lukasz Granosik.

In the case of this class action lawsuit against Facebook, the lead plaintiff, Christian Leray, alleges that Facebook has censored and placed labels on his private account and a Facebook group he is an administrator of called Réinfo Québec.