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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. Dirty World Entertainment. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. We discussed this issue in relation to the Sixth Circuit’s arguments in Jones v. Craigslist, Inc. ,

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