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Can You Sue Someone for a Viral Post? UK Defamation Law Explained for Social Media
The court said the case raised no arguable point of law of general public importance, leaving earlier rulings against Fox in place.
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Can you have a private conversation in a pub? The law is about to be tested
The defendants in a defamation trial more than seven years in the making have called for a covert recording to be admitted as evidence, arguing that “a journalist doesn’t get a better source than the plaintiffs own voice
·City of Perth, Australia
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Can You Sue Someone for a Viral Post? UK Defamation Law Explained for Social Media
A Supreme Court decision involving actor and political activist Laurence Fox has renewed interest in a question many social media users may never expect to ask: can you be sued for a viral post? On 22 May, the UK Supreme Court refused Fox permission to appeal a defamation ruling arising from a heated exchange on X, formerly Twitter. The court said the application did not raise 'an arguable point of law of general public importance' that warrante…
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