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Can You Sue Someone for a Viral Post? UK Defamation Law Explained for Social Media

A Supreme Court ruling in Laurence Fox's social media defamation case has renewed questions about whether viral posts can lead to legal action in the UK. Here's what the law says.

International Business Times UK

Revealed: how big businesses are rolling back public support for Pride

Guardian analysis of 20 major companies in UK and US shows mentions of Pride on social media have fallen substantially in past two years

The Guardian - UK

Laurence Fox’s libel claim over racism accusations to go to retrial

Court of appeal rules in former actor’s favour after finding tweets calling him racist did cause harm to his reputation

The Guardian - UK

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Laurence Fox loses appeal bid on 'paedo' libel defeat but can argue he was damaged by being called a racist

Judges said Laurence Fox’s reputation was harmed when he was called a ‘racist’

Evening Standard

Laurence Fox granted retrial in libel case over social media ‘racist’ claim

The Court of Appeal dismissed the actor’s bid to overturn the finding that he had libelled two people by calling them ‘paedophiles’

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox ‘paedophile’ posts would not have been taken seriously, appeal told

A High Court judge found Fox libelled two people and ordered him to pay a total of £180,000 in damages

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox gets married to conspiracy theorist podcaster in low-key registry office ceremony

Fox announced his engagement to his followers on X last year

Evening Standard

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Stonewall will fight to ban all LGBT conversion practices, says new chief

Exclusive: Simon Blake says progress of government’s bill could be exploited by those attacking rights globally

The Guardian - UK

‘Winning my libel case against Laurence Fox was victory for the entire queer community’

After 3.5 years, in April drag artist Crystal was awarded £90k after Fox defamed them on social media. Emma Henderson hears what the triumph means

The Independent UK

The Independent Pride List 2024: the LGBT+ people making change happen

The Independent’s Pride List is back again, celebrating the LGBT+ community’s biggest change-makers over the past 12 months

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox reported by Big Brother star to police over ‘upskirting’ picture

Reclaim politician criticised over ‘disgusting’ post featuring paparazzi photograph of TV personality Narinder Kaur

Evening Standard

Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 damages to 'paedophile' libel victims

Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay out £180,000 in libel damages to a drag artist and a charity boss after he referred to them as paedophiles on social media.

Evening Standard

Laurence Fox loses libel battle with Twitter users he called paedophiles

Reclaim party founder defamed two men on site now known as X after they called him a racist, judge rules

The Guardian - UK

Laurence Fox accused of ‘insulting intelligence’ of libel trial attendees

Actor called critics ‘paedophiles’ after they labelled him ‘racist’ following his call for boycott of Sainsbury’s over Black History Month stance

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Evening Standard

Laurence Fox ‘paedophile’ comment did not cause reputational harm, court hears

The actor is being sued for libel by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox ‘outed himself as a racist’, Nicola Thorp tells High Court

The broadcaster was giving evidence on the sixth day of a libel trial in London.

Evening Standard

Laurence Fox apologises in court for calling people ‘paedophiles’ in online row

The actor was giving evidence in a High Court libel trial

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox apologises for calling people ‘paedophiles’ in online row

Actor apologises in court during libel trial

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Evening Standard

Laurence Fox says racism tweets were ‘organised pile on’ that ended career

The actor continued to give evidence at the High Court in London on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox says racism tweets were ‘organised pile on designed to destroy my career’

Actor continues to give evidence at the High Court

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox says racism tweets were ‘organised pile on’ that ended career CLONING

The actor continued to give evidence at the High Court in London on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Racism allegations destroyed my life, Laurence Fox tells libel trial

Actor and Reclaim party founder says he was ‘horrified’ when he saw he had been called a racist online

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox claims he was up for Batman and Succession roles before being accused of racist Tweets

The actor gave evidence at the High Court in London on Monday

The Independent UK

Laurence Fox’s life ‘destroyed’ by racism allegations, actor tells High Court

The actor gave evidence at the High Court in London on Monday.

Evening Standard

Laurence Fox tells libel trial Billie Piper 'didn't want their children in his home'

Laurence Fox says ex-wife Ms Piper didn't feel their children would be safe at his home after a string of incidents

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