UK man wins record Internet libel damages
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 08/04/2008 06:57
A British property executive won record Internet libel damages from a court on Thursday, in one of the country's first cases stemming from online harassment by a business rival.
Peter Walls, 55, of Sunderland in northern England, told Reuters the two-year hate campaign had been a nightmare and called for the law to be changed to allow swifter justice in such cases.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSPAR35799720080403
