Defamation articles
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One America News and Smartmatic settle defamation lawsuit
Happy Tuesday! Here's your Tuesday tech drop, the week's top stories at the intersection of tech and politics. Settle down now Ultraconservative news outlet One America News and voting technology company Smartmatic announced Tuesday that they have reached a settlement in the defamation lawsuit the latter filed after hosts and guests on OAN spread lies about Smartmatic software’s being part of a scheme to throw the 2020 election to Joe Biden. The details of the settlement weren’t released. at...
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Lehrmann told 'deliberate lies', defamation judge says
Bruce Lehrmann is a man with a tenuous attachment to the truth who cannot be believed except if his evidence is backed up by other sources, a Federal Court judge has said. The remarks were made by Justice Michael Lee on Monday as he handed down judgment in Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten and […]
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Smartmatic settles defamation suit against right-wing network OAN
Voting machine equipment company Smartmatic has settled its lawsuit against San Diego-based right-wing network One America News Network, which it accused of airing false allegations of voter fraud during coverage of the 2020 presidential election. No details of the settlement were disclosed. Smartmatic lawyers on Tuesday filed for a dismissal of the case, which was in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Boca Raton, Fla.-based Smartmatic has filed several lawsuits against...