Defamation in the cyber age: the emerging trends

The cyber age affects all aspects of life. In defamation law, new trends of anonymous defamer, limited meaning of defamer, liberal meaning of defence of qualified privilege, insistence on actual damage, multiple places of publication, and irrelevancy of slander have emerged. Some results of these...

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Main Author: Ahangar, Mohd Altaf Hussein
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Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling iium-142132012-01-03T01:01:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14213/ Defamation in the cyber age: the emerging trends Ahangar, Mohd Altaf Hussein K Law (General) The cyber age affects all aspects of life. In defamation law, new trends of anonymous defamer, limited meaning of defamer, liberal meaning of defence of qualified privilege, insistence on actual damage, multiple places of publication, and irrelevancy of slander have emerged. Some results of these trends are horrifying. The common law tort of defamation may die an unnatural death and be replaced by heretofor unknown legal principles and rules. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14213/1/2010_Emerging_Issues.pdf Ahangar, Mohd Altaf Hussein (2010) Defamation in the cyber age: the emerging trends. Emerging Issues, 2010. pp. 5375-5381.
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Defamation in the cyber age: the emerging trends
description The cyber age affects all aspects of life. In defamation law, new trends of anonymous defamer, limited meaning of defamer, liberal meaning of defence of qualified privilege, insistence on actual damage, multiple places of publication, and irrelevancy of slander have emerged. Some results of these trends are horrifying. The common law tort of defamation may die an unnatural death and be replaced by heretofor unknown legal principles and rules.
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