BC Civil Resolution Tribunal rejects X’s argument that Canada-only takedown sufficient (but censures complainant for using AI.

In Re X Corp., 2025 BCCRT 1228, vice-chair Eric Regehr of the British Columbia Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) imposed a $100,000 administrative monetary penalty on X (formerly Twitter), which the Tribunal noted was the first one ever imposed on an internet intermediary. In a decision from March 2025, the CRT had issued a protection order under the BC Intimate Images Act, which had ordered X and other internet intermediaries to remove an intimate image of the (anonymous) complainant from its platform, delete or destroy the image, and de-index the image from any search engine. The complainant continued to monitor the platform for postings of the image, particularly one account that persistently re-posts it, and informed X of instances of this. X responded by indicating that it had geo-fenced the image in Canada, i.e., ensured that the image could not be accessed from Canada. The complainant then began this proceeding arguing that X had not complied with the order.

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