Legal wigs to sort out rules on internet defamation and contempt

The law is the law, but we only have so many courts

In the wake of Lord McAlpine's lawyers threatening to sue thousands of Twitter users for libelling his name with false allegations of child abuse, as well as the multiple issues surrounding tweets that may be in contempt, the Attorney General has clarified that the same legal framework applies on the internet that applies offline.…

via The Register - Networks

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