This gives some legal protection when reporting statements which might otherwise be considered defamatory.
One teacher had found himself suspended because of a defamatory comment on Twitter, said Prof Phippen.
He also took into account the length of time the defamatory material appeared online.
She claims two letters sent to the auction house from U2 lawyers seeking their return were defamatory.
Totalise is now expected to launch a libel action against the person who posted the defamatory messages.
The judge determined their remarks were sufficiently defamatory enough to override their right to anonymous free speech.
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You may not post any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or other material that would violate the law.
Claimants have to show material published is defamatory and that it is "reasonably understood" to refer to them.
Federico Lombardi, the Vatican's lead spokesman, dismissed the claims as false and defamatory.
Lawsuits against a merchant for having reported defamatory credit information about a consumer are usually settled for a monetary sum.
Under English law ISPs are not held to have been the publishers of defamatory material providing they satisfy two criteria.
Last year, a series of attorneys general threatened to prosecute Juicy for the defamatory comments being posted about college coeds.
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To mention Craigslist in the title is defamatory at best, and ignores the service it and others like it provide.
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If the judge decides the tweet was defamatory, there will be a separate hearing to decide the amount of damages owed.
Kevin insists that the allegation of underage conduct is false and defamatory and he is taking actions to protect his reputation.
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The High Court ruled the leaflet was defamatory in 2011, but the Eastbourne MP was given permission to appeal the ruling.
The law concerning Twitter is clear - if you make a defamatory allegation about someone you can be sued for libel.
Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, dismissed the claims as false and defamatory.
On Tuesday, Rosen wrote defamatory attacks against Logan on his Twitter account.
Your attorney should threaten to sue any source of defamatory information about you who refuses to expunge the information from your credit files.
Among the other exhibits is an ANC poster with the phrases For Sale and Sold on it, which Mr Mthembu also condemned as "defamatory".
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"The prospect of blanket immunity for those who intentionally redistribute defamatory statements on the Internet has disturbing implications, " said Associate Justice Carol A. Corrigan.
"Mr. Okorocha's representations are false, outrageous and defamatory, " Allred said Wednesday.
An East Sussex MP has won his appeal against a High Court ruling that a claim made in a campaign leaflet about his predecessor was defamatory.
If the source of defamatory information about you (false information that reflects badly upon you) confirms that the information is true, your remedy lies against the source.
The school filed a countersuit alleging that Makaeff's claims were defamatory and sought dismissal of her lawsuit that seeks class-action status on behalf of thousands of students.
In November, Conservative peer Lord McAlpine announced his intention to seek libel damages from Twitter users over incorrect and defamatory insinuations linking him to child sex abuse.
But other issues remain...what should the obligations of website operators be, if someone posts defamatory comment (accusing someone of child abuse, for example) on some busy site?
Morris called Gawker's report "false and defamatory, " the Star reported.
The defendant merchant(s) should also be required to contact each person who has received the defamatory credit information concerning you and inform them of the falsity of the information.
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