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A Russian-tied tech firm named in a controversial dossier containing uncorroborated allegations about President Donald Trump and the hacking of Democratic National Committee email accounts announced late Friday that it has filed defamation suits against the online news site BuzzFeed, its editor in chief and a former British intelligence agent.
The lawsuits were brought by XBT Holdings, a Cyprus-based company owned by Russian tech magnate Aleksej Gubarev. Lawyers for his firm filed complaints Friday in London against the former spy and his company, and against BuzzFeed and its editor in chief, Ben Smith, in Broward County Circuit Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where XBT’s subsidiary Webzilla is headquartered.
Are you thinking that BuzzFeed created the dossier?
I don't get it when news establishments just make up stories about people and don't expect blow back.
Sued for slander
They don't protect us from anyone suing us for anything. In this case, as long as they can prove that something was untruthful, was published knowingly as untruthful, and was published with intent to defame; they can win the suit.
On top of that, our freedoms of speech does not protect us from foreign companies suing us for untrue or unproven remarks that we make.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: rickymouse
Sued for slander
Libel, actually, in this case.
They don't protect us from anyone suing us for anything. In this case, as long as they can prove that something was untruthful, was published knowingly as untruthful, and was published with intent to defame; they can win the suit.
On top of that, our freedoms of speech does not protect us from foreign companies suing us for untrue or unproven remarks that we make.
originally posted by: tribal
i would think it wouldnt be difficult to show a pattern of behavior of media outlets like Buzzfeed to traffick in controversial, salacious and borderline stories for various reasons. In this case, im pretty sure it was politically motivated and i think there is even a video of the owner or editor proving that he wanted to do something to smear Trump. If that can be established it will be a slam dunk.