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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Congress recognized the threat that tort-based lawsuits pose to freedom of speech in the new and burgeoning Internet medium. America Online, Inc., 3d 327, 330-31 (4th Cir.

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