Rabbitte set to examine 'difficult' area of online defamation

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte said today that he hopes online media will be covered by the Defamation Act in the future.

Rabbitte set to examine 'difficult' area of online defamation
Mon, 06 Feb, 2012 - 16:48

Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte said today that he hopes online media will be covered by the Defamation Act in the future.

Addressing a conference on media diversity in Dublin, Pat Rabbitte said our defamation laws have yet to come to terms with the rise and proliferation of new media.

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