Although Mrs Justice Steyn ruled in Coleen Rooney's favour, the case has shone a fresh light on libel law and the risks it poses to everyday users on social media
, the case has shone a fresh light on libel law and the risks it poses to everyday users on social media.Sky News explains the Wagatha Christie court caseThere are two types of defamation - libel and slander.Libel claims have become more common with the rise of the internet and particularly as we document our lives on social media.
Famous cases include Monroe v Hopkins when in 2017 food writer Jack Monroe sued Daily Mail columnist Katie Hopkins over two tweets that suggested they condoned the vandalising of a war memorial.In 2013 the wife of former Speaker John Bercow, Sally Bercow, was sued by politician and businessman Lord McAlpine for tweets that suggested he was linked to the sexual abuse of boys in care and she was forced to pay an undisclosed amount in damages.
Public interest also includes matters of national security, uncovering or stopping crimes, and stopping the public from being misled.Court cases of any kind can be expensive, so often claimants might decide to accept a financial settlement out of court, an apology, correction, or removal of the offending social media post.
"But equally if the claimant is rich, and doesn't need the money, they might still sue anyway just to have a court say it's not true - for vindication."Even if you don't have much of a following or an online presence, you could just say the wrong thing about the wrong person at the wrong time."Under the Defamation Act, the claimant is entitled to bring a fresh libel claim every time the defamatory statement is repeated.
Social media platforms can only be sued themselves when the publisher of the defamatory statement is unidentifiable - for example a bot or anonymous troll account. He says that just because someone has not set their social media profile to private, it doesn't mean they are happy to have it shared with everyone.
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