https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2019/03/tweet-containing-question-mark-isnt-defamatory-boulger-v-woods.htm Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:01:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2019/03/tweet-containing-question-mark-isnt-defamatory-boulger-v-woods.htm#comment-2246 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:01:01 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=19746#comment-2246 […] Question Mark Kills Defamation Claim: The Sixth Circuit affirmed dismissal of a defamation suit against actor James Woods on the basis that his allegedly defamatory tweet—which questioned whether the plaintiff was a political prop—was “reasonably susceptible to both a defamatory meaning . . . and an innocent meaning,” and therefore was not actionable as a matter of law under Ohio’s “innocent construction rule.” […]

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