defamation
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Alex Jones Loses Sandy Hook Defamation Suit With Rare ‘Death Penalty Sanction’
Alex Jones, the bloviating founder of conspiracy website InfoWars, has lost two defamation lawsuits over his hoax claims about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting — having bungled the case so hard the judge ruled he must pay up by default.
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Mysterious Computer Shop Owner Sues Twitter for Defamation Over Hunter Biden Story
Back in October, Twitter temporarily blocked a New York Post story that was reportedly based on materials taken from a laptop owned by Hunter Biden. The story’s dubious sourcing and suspicious timing led to widespread scepticism, and Twitter decided to temporarily ban links to the story under its policy against sharing “hacked materials.” Now, the…
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Elon Musk Wants You To Know The ‘Pedo Guy’ Thing Has Been Very Hard On Elon Musk
As part of his ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by Vernon Unsworth, the cave-diver Elon Musk called a “pedo guy” on Twitter and told a reporter is a “child rapist,” Musk was deposed by Unsworth’s lawyers, forcing him to talk for hours about the incident in excruciating detail.
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Protecting Google From Defamation Is Worth Seriously Considering
It has been a huge week for defamation law. Last Thursday, the NSW Government announced a push to reform Australia’s uniform defamation laws. It is calling for a “cyber-age reboot”.