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Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

2016

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The Coming Revolution In Class Action Notices: Reaching The Universe Of Claimants Through Technologies, Catherine Piché Dr Jan 2016

The Coming Revolution In Class Action Notices: Reaching The Universe Of Claimants Through Technologies, Catherine Piché Dr

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

New technologies, social networking sites, blogs, and other interactive online platforms are playing an increasing part of North Americans’ lives. As of June 2017, Facebook had, on average, 1.32 billion daily active users and 2.01 billion monthly active users. Generation X spends the most time on social media, with approximately seven hours per week, while Generation Y comes in second, spending a little more than six hours per week doing the same. The heaviest users are female, who spend one quarter of their time online on social media,with males correspondingly spending 19% of their time doing so. Data on average …