{"id":30004,"date":"2021-02-08T17:46:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=30004"},"modified":"2021-02-08T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T22:52:22","slug":"dominion-voting-system-sued-rudy-giuliani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/02\/08\/dominion-voting-system-sued-rudy-giuliani\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominion Voting System sued Rudy Giuliani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:18px\">By Mark Harper<br><em>Daytona Beach News-Journal<\/em><br>Feb. 3, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/faculty\/home\/catherine-cameron.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catherine Cameron<\/a>, a Stetson University law professor, said a potential defamation suit might be limited to comments made by the individual or group itself &#8211; as opposed to simply sharing an article, which in many cases is what the Volusia County Republicans did on their Facebook page related to Dominion.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If it was a complete repost (the content was all from another author), then the party is probably protected from a defamation suit under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. 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