2024 June 20

Beynon v. Lavender, 2024 BCSC 2697

Assessing damages following a default judgment against the defendant, the British Columbia Supreme Court  awarded general and aggravated damages of $75,000 over serious defamatory accusations in direct messages to individuals and in stories on Instagram, where the defendant had an account with 3,073 followers and posts were available, for a limited period, to anyone with an Instagram account who had not otherwise been blocked.