It didn’t need a High Court judgement to remind us that media law applies in social media as in any other aspect of the media.
But a judgement handed down by Mr Justice Tugendhat yesterday saw a plaintiff awarded £10,000 for being defamed on Facebook.
The case concerns Jeremiah Barber who, posted child porn on the Facebook page of Raymond Bryce, after falling out, along with a defamatory comment.
Inevitably we’ll see more of these types of judgements. Its a booming business for media lawyers.
Here’s a related article that I wrote in March for Reputation Online about copyright and privacy in social networks.
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I wonder if Coca-Cola is open to a similar lawsuit following the 2 Girls 1 Cup status message on the Dr Pepper application?
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