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Internet company becomes first in Canada to be convicted on child-pornography charges

An Ontario court has decided that internet companies can be held liable for child pornography that is hosted on their servers, sending a warning signal to the corporate world to be more vigilant.

Dubbed a “big box store” of child sexual abuse content by police in 2019, YesUp eCommerce Solutions Inc. has become the first known corporation in Canada to be convicted on criminal charges targeting child porn distribution.

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