Word: libeled
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...discussion was led by Lipstadt, a Jewish studies scholar who successfully fought libel charges from a Holocaust denier in England. Speaking candidly to a diverse audience—which included Dean of Student Life Suzy M. Nelson, as well as student leaders from political, religious, and cultural groups on campus—Lipstadt argued that there should be no debate about whether the Holocaust happened...
...Right now, the libel rules established under the 1964 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan Supreme Court case essentially apply to today's digital media. "There aren't enough cases yet for anybody to tell whether there are nuances or differences to be drawn from how courts actually apply the Sullivan standard to online speech," says Sandra Baron, executive director for the Media Law Resource Center. Basically, a public figure can win a defamation claim if he proves that an individual person or media outlet published something about him with so-called actual malice - knowing it was false or with...
...continent of Africa is one country (she doesn't). As for those who believe more rumors will produce more skeptics, Sunstein warns, Don't underestimate the natural human tendency to believe what you hear. That the Web is full of misinformation is irrefutable, but Sunstein's case for toughening libel laws and educating consumers on how information spreads (which he approvingly predicts would have a chilling effect) will most likely provoke debate--especially given the legal scholar's new role as head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...
...series—which was launched in 1954 at the bequest of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes—Waldron covered three general areas each lecture: “Why We Call Hate Speech Group Libel,” “What a Well-ordered Society Looks Like” and “Libel and Legitimacy...
...libel case against Vanity Fair over a 2002 article that claimed he had tried to seduce a woman on the way to Sharon Tate's funeral...