Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2020. Following my widely read posts on 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 defamation cases, this is my personal selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases from England, Australia and Canada from the past year. Continue reading
Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2021. Following my posts in 2018, 2019 and 2020 here is my selection of most notable privacy and data protection cases across 2021: Continue reading
This is my selection of the top data breach fines in the EU and the United Kingdom in 2021, many of which have featured in our Law and Media Round Ups over the past year. Continue reading
This is the eighteenteenth instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering.Continue reading
This is the seventeenth instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering.Continue reading
This is the sixteenth instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering.Continue reading
The inspector general is set to investigate allegations that the National Security Agency (“NSA”) had improperly spied on a member of the news media. The speculation is that the target of the alleged improper spying was Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The NSA has taken the highly unusual action of publicly denying these allegations: “This allegation is untrue. Tucker Carlson has never been an intelligence target of the Agency and the NSA has never had any plans to try to take his program off the air.” Reuters reports.
Facebook’s Oversight Board has found that referring to the Chinese Government s the “F***ing Chinese” is not forbidden by Facebook’s Rules; “It is crucial to ensure that prohibitions on targeting people based on protected characteristics not be construed in a manner that shields governments or institutions from criticism.”
Avenatti v. Fox News Network, LLC, written by Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas: “ News outlets are not liable for minor mistakes, especially when reporting on public figures and matters of public concern. Michael Avenatti, a famous lawyer, was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. Fox News covered his arrest. He sued, claiming that its reporting defamed him. But most of its statements were substantially true. And Avenatti does not plausibly plead that Fox or its employees knew that the statements were false or recklessly disregarded that possibility. He also fails to allege any recoverable damages. I will thus dismiss his complaint….”
Mashaud v. Boone, a case concerning an application for an injunction restraining speech amounting to harassment.
US Dominion v Powell, Guiliani and My Pillow, the Court refused motions to dismiss the defamation claim arising out of allegations of election fraud in the 2020 Presidential elections.
Nunes v. WP Company LLC, a defamation case brought by Representative Devin Nunes against the Washington Post can proceed. “A reasonable juror could … conclude that the article was materially false because it stated that Nunes had made … a baseless claim (when he had not).”
This Round up was complied by Suneet Sharma a junior legal professional with a particular interest and experience in media, information and privacy law.
This is the sixteenth instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering.Continue reading