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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 12, 2018

TV host to use anti-SLAPP in defamation suit

The popular Twitter adage "retweets are not endorsements" could soon be federal law if a judge finds merit in MSNBC host Joy Ann-Reid's bid to end a social media-based defamation lawsuit against her.

TV host to use anti-SLAPP in defamation suit
MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid in New York in January

The popular Twitter adage "retweets are not endorsements" could soon be federal law if a judge finds merit in MSNBC host Joy Ann-Reid's bid to end a social media-based defamation lawsuit against her.

Reid cited California's anti-SLAPP law and the Communications Decency Act as justification for dismissing plaintiff Rosalyn La Liberte's lawsuit in a motion filed Wednesday in the Eastern District of New York.

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