David Seide, senior counsel for the #GovernmentAccountabilityProject, which is representing plaintiffs in litigation against the #Trump admin, called the announcement “shocking & illegal” & said it will be challenged in court.
Last year, #OAN settled a #defamation lawsuit w/ #Smartmatic, the #voting tech company, over its coverage of the #2020election & promotion of the #BigLie.
#legal #Facebook #lawsuits #defamation #RobbyStarbuck
'Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that the social media giant’s artificial intelligence chatbot spread false statements about him, including that he participated in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.'
https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2025/05/02/330391.htm
What Dafuq?!?!
He's not an employee
«Justice Department→looking intervene on behalf of #Trump in his appeal of #defamation verdict awarded to #EJeanCarroll, who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a NY department store dressing room
In joint motion filed last week with Trump’s legal team, the #JusticeDepartment said the federal #WestfallAct, which provides immunity to gov employees for actions taken within the scope of their duties, should apply to Trump»
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-justice-department-steps-in-for-him-on-e-jean-carroll-appeal/
It is appearing very likely that #RationalWiki will be dissolved this year due to lack of legal representation (no pro bono lawyers came forward and we do not have funds to hire a lawyer). Meritless #defamation lawsuits were filed against us by "human biodiversity"/"scientific racism"/pro-eugenics plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are consequently likely to win their cases by default.
#law #racism #eugenics #slapp #nonprofit
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Racialism
#Twitter #defamation #influencers #lawsuits #GiftArticle
'Ms. Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against Matt Wallace, an influencer on X with more than two million followers. Mr. Wallace was one of the more prominent people to spread the falsehood in a series of posts.'
Nice
Judge denied #Trump's motion to dismiss #defamation lawsuit brought by #CentralParkFive aka the #ExoneratedFive, based on Trump debate claim that they "pled guilty," although none did. Some did confess, but recanted.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.paed.628885/gov.uscourts.paed.628885.37.0.pdf
#politics #legal #defamation #Newsmax #DominionVoting
'Right-wing cable channel Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems by falsely reporting that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election, a Delaware judge ruled Wednesday.
Damages will be decided by a jury in a trial that will begin April 28 unless a settlement is reached. Dominion is seeking $1.6 billion. The jury has to determine if Newsmax acted with actual malice.'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/newsmax-defamed-dominion-voting-systems-221908581.html
Africa: 'This Victory is Not Just for Me, But for Truth, Press freedom, and Every Journalist Who Risks Everything': [Premium Times] The $18 million in damages was the result of a unanimous decision by an eight-member jury in Essex County Superior Court in New Jersey, finding Mr Agyapong liable for defamation against Mr Anas. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJfqcK #PressFreedom #Journalism #TruthMatters #Defamation #MediaRights
RainSMediaRadio News Court Orders Arrest of VeryDarkMan Over Alleged Defamation of Mercy Chinwo https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/court-orders-arrest-of-verydarkman-over.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon Follow, Like & Share #Defamation #MercyChinwo #VeryDarkMan #SocialMedia #Cybercrime
More than 60 years ago, New York Times C. v. Sullivan established that, to succeed in defamation cases, public figures must prove that a published statement is false and that publishers acted with "actual malice." "Murder the Truth," a new book by New York Times journalist and editor David Enrich, discusses the movement to overturn Sullivan, accelerated by Trump, his allies and people who are influenced by them. Nieman Lab spoke to Enrich about his investigation, the journalists he spoke to, and more. "The push to overturn Roe was obviously one of the most coordinated assaults on established Supreme Court precedent, probably in history," Enrich says. "This is definitely not like that — but it’s not an accident that these people were getting up and being given platforms on places like Fox News to make these arguments over and over again."
#USLaw #Law #Libel #Defamation #Books @bookstodon #Media #Journalism #MurderTheTruth
Tesla has been suing complaining customers in China for defamation. They’ve won almost every time. Read more from @AssociatedPress
https://flip.it/IX0uCf
#Telsa #Musk #China #Lawsuits #Defamation
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
https://apnews.com/article/tesla-china-lawsuits-musk-investigation-58b10ccace488784fcc63646ab78b410
Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father’s panicked voice: The brakes don’t work!
Tesla sued her for defamation for complaining publicly about the car’s brakes — and won. A Chinese court ordered Zhang to pay more than $23,000 in damages and publicly apologize to the $1.1 trillion company.
…Since launching his 1st Republican presidential campaign in 2015, #Trump has often attacked & even sued #media outlets whose coverage he dislikes, & has repeatedly criticized US #defamation laws.
A federal judge in 2023 threw out Trump's $475M defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which Trump claimed the network's description of his election #fraud as the "#BigLie" associated him w/ #Hitler. Trump's lawyers…invited the judge to reconsider the #legal standard set in #NYTvSullivan.
#SteveWynn, the fmr CEO of Wynn Resorts & fmr finance chair of the #RNC, is appealing a decision by Nevada's top court to dismiss his #defamation suit against the #AssociatedPress & one of its #journalists. The court found Wynn failed to show a disputed 2018 news report containing allegations of #SexualAssault had been published w/ "actual malice."
The court established a stringent limit on #defamation claims by public figures more than 60 years ago in its New York Times v. Sullivan decision involving the U.S. Constitution's #FirstAmendment protections for freedom of speech & the press.
#law #journalism #FreePress #NYTvSullivan #FourteenthAmendment #Trump #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/106761/new-york-times-co-v-sullivan/
While everyone else in inaugural fever haze of #Trumplandia II loves #Winning more than #CharleSheen on a blow binge... poor #DevinNunes faces further humiliations in flailing #defamation case
We have #freedom of expression. This means you have the right to express your #opinion but not to slander your opponents, to #discriminate and spread #hatred. Spreading #disinformation is mostly some form of #slander and #defamation
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mupjvqe2vuefnr77em5jjl4f/post/3lgokindzqs2p
"This week, we watched as the world's richest man appeared to give a Nazi salute at Trump's post-inauguration rally. Twice. Then we watched as mainstream media outlets bent over backwards to avoid saying what we all saw," writes Parker Molloy for her newsletter, The Present Age.
She explains why, as neo-Nazis and white nationalists applauded the gesture, mainstream outlets have been muted. "The answer lies in our broken defamation laws and the way wealthy individuals can weaponize them against critics. This is a legitimate free speech crisis."
Drake Sues UMG For Defamation Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ https://www.inbella.com/857794/drake-sues-umg-for-defamation-over-kendrick-lamars-not-like-us/ #BREAKING #defamation #EntertainmentNews #HipHop #Legal #umg #UniversalMusicGroup
Suck the marrow from Fox's cold, racist bones!
Fox Must Face Smartmatic’s $2.7 Billion Defamation Lawsuit, Court Rules
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/business/media/fox-smartmatic-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oU4.l0g_.1eyek-EIw7Sp&smid=url-share
