Lawyer wants Facebook to take down postings

A Ugandan lawyer wants the High Court to order Facebook Ireland to take down alleged defamatory postings about him from its service.

Fred Muwema claims he is being defamed by a blogger called “TVO” who accuses him of accepting a 900m Uganda shillings (€237,000) bribe and Facebook has a duty to ensure it is removed as publisher of the material.

Mr Muwema strongly denies the bribe claim and another he was involved in a break-in at his own office.