Tag Archives: libel

Niall Ferguson threatens to sue Mishra

Oh dear. We now hear that Ferguson is threatening legal action, which rather undermines my point about the classiness of ‘counter-speech’ over legal threats. Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Authors

Compare how two authors deal with book reviews that they believe to be defamatory. Continue reading

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Can Publishing Be a Form of Fact-Checking?

For citizen bloggers, publishing a claim online carries the implicit (and often explicit) request – “please help me verify”. Continue reading

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