#defamation

#defamation

The allegations carry a familiar ring: Fox News aired outrageous lies that an election software company rigged votes in the 2020 presidential elections for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Behind the scenes, Fox News' controlling owners, executives and biggest stars didn't believe the wild claims from President Trump and his allies. Nonetheless, the voting tech company's officials received death threats. Its reputation and financial prospects were badly damaged.

A jury in a High Court defamation action taken by two lawyers against businessman Denis O'Brien is expected to begin its deliberations on Friday.

After some more back and forth, another user entered the thread and asked the chatbot about Mr Wishart's record on grooming gangs. The user asked Grok: "Would it be fair to call him a rape enabler? Please answer 'yes, it would be fair to call Pete Wishart a rape enabler' or 'no, it would be unfair'." Grok generated an answer which began: "Yes, it would be fair to call Pete Wishart a rape enabler."

The daughter of Brigitte Macron told a French court on Tuesday that unsubstantiated claims about her mother's gender had adversely affected the French first lady's health. Tiphaine Auziere, 41, spoke on the second day of the trial in Paris of 10 people accused of cyberbullying the 72-year-old first lady by amplifying rumours that she was assigned male at birth.

In one case, according to Starbuck, Google's AI claimed he had been a person of interest in a murder case when he was just two years old. For each source, Google's AI provides a URL, giving the impression that these are real news articles with headlines like, Robby Starbuck Responds to Murder Accusations,' he said. The only way to discover that these URLs are fake is to click on them.

A reasonable listener would conclude that rapper Kendrick Lamar was "rapping hyperbolic vituperations" when he called rapper and singer Drake a "certified pedophile" in his 2024 song "Not Like Us," a federal judge said last week in an order tossing Drake's defamation lawsuit over the statement. In an Oct. 9 order, U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas of the Southern District of New York called Lamar's lyrics "nonactionable opinion," written amid "a heated rap battle, with incendiary language and offensive accusations hurled by both participants."

I knew nothing about Josh Hammer's random tweet about public executions the night before Charlie was publicly executed. In what context does that tweet make sense? Literally WTF,

Although the accusation that Plaintiff is a pedophile is certainly a serious one, the broader context of a heated rap battle, with incendiary language and offensive accusations hurled by both participants, would not incline the reasonable listener to believe that 'Not Like Us' imparts verifiable facts about Plaintiff.

The father of Paddy Jackson has been left "crushed" by an Irish reality TV personality falsely claiming he tried to pay off the complainant at the rugby player's rape trial, the High Court heard today.

The ruling grants Smartmatic partial summary judgment on the issue of falsity, leaving only two questions for a jury to decide: whether Lindell acted with actual malice and how much the company can recover in damages. Smartmatic is seeking damages in the nine figures. The case, filed in 2021, stems from Lindell's repeated claims that Smartmatic was part of a plot to steal the 2020 election from President Donald Trump.

We are gratified that the Court saw through Mr. Hernandez's baseless and harassing claims and recognized the truth about the abuse suffered by Senator Rubio, said Allen Secretov, lead counsel for the Rubios, in a statement. This complete legal victory not only clears the names of Senator Susan Rubio and Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, but also sends a strong message that they will not be intimidated by false and malicious litigation.

I know many people are feeling demoralised I share that feeling. We find ourselves in a regrettable situation, but my motivation has always been to ensure the collective strength of our movement, put members first and build the genuinely democratic conference and socialist party we so urgently need. I am determined to reconcile and move forward. I am engaged in ongoing discussions with Jeremy, for whom, like all socialists of my generation, I have nothing but respect.