Tag: defamation

Mauritius: the legal aspects of defamation in a social media era

As social media expands the reach and speed of potentially defamatory content, legal practitioners and the public must remain vigilant in understanding rights and obligations. Ian Sobnack, Neel Ramloll, and Bertrand Cheung of Bowmans explore the legal landscape in Mauritius

Court strikes down Malawi’s criminal defamation law as unjustifiable limit on freedom of expression

Legal and media freedom organisations have praised last week’s landmark decision of the High Court in Malawi that declared the Penal Code’s criminalisation of defamation as unconstitutional.

Don’t rely on bots, magistrate warns

In a cautionary tale, a South African law firm has been outed for using ChatGPT to research case law, which threw up cases which did not exist, reports Tania Broughton.