Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2022

This retweet will surely be a key topic in CNN’s deposition of Jack. The most common protective doctrine is the actual malice standard, which excuses liability for factual errors in some cases. It’s unclear to me if the Flynns qualify as public figures sufficient to trigger the actual malice standard.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

” He learned that “as platforms grow, and negative emotions and behaviors like fear, anger, greed and malice gain a foothold, the lowest common denominator often sets the tone. And I would say less than 1 percent of the people who enjoy Wikipedia every single day actually go behind that curtain.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Lando (Supreme Court 1979): the plaintiff was allowed to depose the editor about his editorial processes in defamation lawsuits where “actual malice” was at issue, but the Supreme Court rejected other information-gathering to satisfy curiosity or for a general purpose like the “public interest.”

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