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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up an appeal in Hassell v. Bird, in which the California Supreme Court ruled that the Communication Decency Act provided that interactive websites were immune from liability for defamatory comments posted on the website. Hassell, a San Francisco based attorney, sued Yelp for injunctive relief after a user posted a [...]

Following a combative news conference with reporters the day after the 2018 midterm elections, President Trump took the exceptionally rare act of suspending the White House credentials of long-time CNN Chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. The announcement came the day after Acosta confronted President Trump with a series of questions about the President’s portrayal [...]

A D.C. superior court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit  brought against Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer. Steele was sued in April by three Russian business magnates for libel, a year after his dossier alleging Russia’s involvement with the Trump campaign was published. Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan claimed  that the contents [...]

Lawyers for US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a cease and desist letter seeking to prevent publication of a forthcoming book critical of his campaign and first year in office. The letter alleges that author...

A Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Sunday awarded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, USD $32,500 in a libel case. The Netanyahus filed the suit against Igal Sarna , who alleged in a...

Human rights experts at the UN called on Indonesia Monday to review and repeal its criminalization of blasphemy . The UN experts decided to step in after the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki...

Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after being found guilty of blasphemy by an Indonesian court . Ahok is Christian and the charges...

A draft bill proposed by the Maltese government that aims to regulate online news could inhibit freedom of speech, argued protesters Sunday. At the protest, which was organized by the opposition party, opposition...

The Supreme Court of India upheld a set of defamation laws Friday, finding them to be constitutionally valid. The laws were challenged by opposing politicians as an impediment on free speech. The ruling recognized a legitimate interest...

A Serbian rights group, the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) , announced Tuesday that it will be appealing a fine imposed by the First Basic Court in Belgrade to compensate the Serbian Army Chief of General...