defamation
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Tech News: 5 Things to Know in Australia Today
From a revamp of drone rules to a reminder about what you post online, here are five things headlining tech news in Australia.
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Fox News and Dominion Settle Defamation Dispute
Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News have reached a settlement in the companies’ two-year-long defamation dispute. The agreement was announced by the case’s presiding judge in court on Tuesday afternoon, according to multiple reports — coming just hours after jury selection was completed. The decision by both parties to settle moves what could’ve been a…
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Alex Jones Hit With Nearly $1 Billion in Damages for Lies About Sandy Hook Victims
Listening to the jury verdict of InfoWars’ Alex Jones defamation trial in Connecticut was like hearing a bell toll. Over and over, each line read was like a stake being stabbed into a bloodsucking vampire’s heart: “$US120 ($167) million,” “$US55 ($76) million,” “$US54 ($75) million, $US28,800,000 ($39,980,160)…” each of the 15 individual members on the…
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This Is Why; You Should Always Properly — Punctuate Your Social Media Posts’
An Australian judge may make an example of sloppy punctuation, to the tune of over $159,290 in legal fees. Australia: the stone-cold schoolmarm of nations, once dubbed by a reporter the “defamation capital of the world.”