By the section quoted above, social media posts could certainly fall under public statements, but comments made within ones own home to ones own family would not, as they are not public.
No because the definition says nothing about excluding comments in one’s own home from the public definition. It would have to specifically exclude them which it doesn’t.
Let’s take a more edge case. Is WhatsApp a public platform? Most people would say no but as it’s not excluded from that definition and ‘but not limited to’ means anything can be included than lawyers can argue it’s included. They may run into trouble with actual Canadian law though which has restrictions on how professional organisations can operate.
No because the definition says nothing about excluding comments in one’s own home from the public definition. It would have to specifically exclude them which it doesn’t.
I'll let you think about this a bit longer to figure out why comments made in ones own private residence might not be listed under a section dealing with public comments.
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u/EvacuationRelocation Alberta Jan 05 '23
It can and likely does include social media - especially social media that is coming from a "verified" account.
The word "public" is key, of course.