Australia's strict defamation laws face review after controversial case
SYDNEY – Five years ago, an Australian man read some news articles about himself on Facebook and came across a series of allegedly [...]
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Australian law chief wants defamation rules fixed for the Internet age: Letter
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s top law officer has written to her state counterparts urging them to redraft the country’s defamation law after a [...]
High Court awards PM Lee $210,000 in damages in defamation suits against TOC editor Terry Xu and article author
SINGAPORE – The High Court has awarded Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a total of $210,000 in damages for two defamation suits he [...]
TOC defamation trial: Author says article was referring to PM Lee, other institutions, not S'pore Cabinet
SINGAPORE – A contributor to sociopolitical website The Online Citizen (TOC), on trial for writing an e-mail letter that allegedly defamed the Singapore [...]
12 Thai student activists charged with royal defamation
BANGKOK (AFP) – A dozen Thai pro-democracy student activists were charged with royal defamation and sedition on Thursday (July 22), their lawyers said, [...]
Canadian Woman Cited in Online Attacks Is Arrested in Toronto
Nadire Atas, a Canadian woman who wrote thousands of online posts defaming her perceived enemies, was arrested on Tuesday by the police in [...]
Thai govt to file royal defamation complaint against opposition figure Thanathorn
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society will file a criminal complaint of defaming the country’s monarchy against banned opposition [...]
Opinion | New York’s Chance to Combat Frivolous Lawsuits
Among the more obnoxious ways the rich and powerful can intimidate and silence critics is filing what is known as a Strategic Lawsuit [...]
'He's nuts mom': Amber Heard shared fears about Johnny Depp in 2013
LONDON (REUTERS) – American actress Amber Heard texted her mother in 2013 that she was heartbroken to discover her then boyfriend, Johnny Depp, [...]
Geoffrey Rush wins largest-ever Australia defamation payout
SYDNEY (AFP) – Hollywood star Geoffrey Rush won an Australian record multi-million-dollar payout on Thursday (May 23) after a court found that a [...]