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Twitter is safer in America: lessons from the Elmo and BBC sex scandals
- josephlord 14y agoIf you are publishing serious accusations based on a rumour or a guess I'm not sure that you shouldn't face some consequences. The British libel laws do have real problems but I'm not yet certain this is one. That isn't to say that a tweet to a small number of followers should be enough to cause massive damages. Maybe if the total damages are similar to what a newspaper would pay shared amongst all the libelling tweeters in proportion to their follower numbers. The law in this area isn't yet tested so may end badly or quite sensibly.