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truth defencepublic interest defencesocial media
Aaronson v Stones
[2023] EWHC 2399 (KB)
Key Principle
Publishing tweets and a YouTube interview alleging that the claimant was a serial rapist was defamatory and seriously harmful, and the defendant's defences of truth and publication on a matter of public interest failed where the underlying allegations could not be proved and the public-interest defence was inadequately founded.
Area of Law
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