CYBER DEFAMATION- PART 1
Defamation is an act that seeks to harm one’s reputation by impairing the esteem, goodwill, respect or confidence that one has for the plaintiff; or by evoking unfavourable, disparaging, or unpleasant feelings towards him. In this Internet age, real-life defamation cases have now transcended cyberspace.
If a defence cannot be established, publishing information that can harm a person's reputation will subject the publisher to liability under the defamation tort.
Defamation can be categorised into libel and slander.
1)libel, a published written statement that can tarnish one’s reputation. Libel is a permanently made false statement such as writing, printing, an image, or an effigy.
2) slander, a verbal statement of the same effect. It is the temporary dissemination of false information made orally such as spoken words or gestures of a defamatory statement
Assalamualaikum Dr... if the defermation first come by verbal and the someone is writing the social media, which category it will fall?
ReplyDeleteWasalam. It becomes a publish statement.
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