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.

Lawyer wants Facebook to take down postings

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.

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