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Good Lawyer.
Countdown's Rachel Riley awarded £50,000 in libel damages from political blogger [Mike Sivier lost the libel case after arguing his article was in the public interest, Political blogger Mike Sivier published an article on his website Vox Political in January 2019 with the headline: "Serial abuser Rachel Riley to receive 'extra protection' - on the grounds that she is receiving abuse". The article referred to an online debate Ms Riley, 36, took part in about antisemitism in the Labour Party. During the Twitter debate she exchanged some messages with a user who later identified herself as a 16-year-old girl called Rose. A judge previously found Mr Sivier's article would lead people to believe Ms Riley "engaged upon, supported and encouraged a campaign of online abuse and harassment of a 16-year-old girl", which is not true.] https://news.sky.com/story/countdown...ogger-12748737 Some years ago Last edited by arista; 16-11-2022 at 04:41 PM. |
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