Facebook claims post allegedly defaming former TD has been permanently deleted

The court heard an internal investigation at Facebook Ireland tried to locate the post or who was responsible for it but was unable to do so.
Facebook claims post allegedly defaming former TD has been permanently deleted

Frank O'Rourke TD claims wholly untrue statements posted about him on social media last February were designed "to cause maximum professional damage to me" in the 2020 General Election, at a time when he was going through "a difficult marriage breakdown."

Facebook has told the High Court a post which former Fianna Fáil TD Frank O'Rourke had claimed defamed him last year has been permanently deleted and can’t be located.

An internal investigation at Facebook Ireland, Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds was today told, attempted to locate the post or who was responsible for it but was unable to do so.

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