S.D.N.Y. Dismisses Defamation Case Arising Out Of “Battle By Tweet”
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/10/20
In Ganske v. Mensch, a defamation suit stemming from a “battle by Tweet,” a federal district court in New York held that the allegedly defamatory statements in the defendant’s Tweet were nonactionable statements of opinion and dismissed the case. The case illustrates that courts in such “Twibel” (Twitter + libel) cases may view Tweets and similar statements on social media as informal and “freewheeling” in nature, which reasonable readers would understand to be expressions of opinion rather than...
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media