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A click from the courts – online libel never easier

A click from the courts – online libel never easier

Credits: Irishtimes.com By: PAMELA NEWENHAM ‘Social media sites and users need to smarten up their act as libel cases are being taken and won Social media is arguably the most powerful form of communication in the world. In recent years news and information has spread quicker through Facebook and Twitter than any

Allegedly defamatory comments from named authors should stay online, say MPs

Allegedly defamatory comments from named authors should stay online, say MPs

Credits: Pinsent Masons, Out-Law.com "Web hosts and ISPs should be allowed to keep allegedly defamatory comments online as long as the author of the comment is identified and a notice of complaint is published alongside the comment, a Parliamentary committee has recommended." "The system has been suggested by a joint P