Defamation lawsuits are on the rise. Is that a good thing?

[AgnosticBoy]

In the past 5 years, I've heard about some big defamation cases involving various mainstream news media, like Fox News and CNN. I remember Alex Jones being involved in one, and now most recently, French President Marcon is suing Candance Owens. I can see why this is happening more given that we're in an age of conspiracy theories and Fake news, but I never expected it to reach even big news agencies as well. Personally, I can see it as a good thing to keep people accountable and to preserve truth.


What's your view on the rise of defamation lawsuits?

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There has been a sharp rise in defamation cases in the U.S as the internet spreads messages much further than TV and radio, a trial attorney said.

Neama Rahmani, president of the West Coast Trial Lawyers law firm in California, was reacting to a series of massive libel actions in the two years, including a $787 million award against Fox News, $148 million against Rudy Giuliani and $83 million against Donald Trump.

Other recent defamation cases include $1.44 billion awarded against Alex Jones in 2022 and the $15 million Johnny Depp won against Amber Heard and the $2 million she won against him in 2022.

"Media law experts say they are seeing several developing trends in libel and defamation cases," the report said. "Those trends include forum shopping, having an increasingly political component, adding allegations unrelated to the defamation claim, increasingly naming individual reporters as defendants and demanding huge damage awards."

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-tru...n-libel-cases-mike-lindell-alex-jones-1941397

Candace Owens has responded to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filing a defamation lawsuit against the conservative influencer, saying, "see you in court."

The lawsuit was announced in the press on Wednesday, July 23, and comes after Owens has repeatedly claimed that the French first lady is "in fact a man."

Source: https://www.newsweek.com/candace-owens-emanuel-brigitte-macron-lawsuit-2103279