Conference highlights problems for defamation laws in internet age

The complications the internet poses for defamation laws and people’s privacy have been laid bare at a conference in University College Cork.

The UCC law society event, chaired by Mr Justice Bryan McMahon, focused on the changes in media law and the implications that online commentary and international dimensions had on existing measures.

During a questions and answers session, Mr Justice McMahon detailed some of the difficulties people can experience when they have been defamed online, particularly by anonymous commentary.