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The New York Times / Yan Zhuang / Nov 29, 2021
“Australia’s defense minister on Wednesday won a defamation case over a six-word tweet that called him a ‘rape apologist.’ Critics and experts said the court case exemplified the conservative government’s heavy-handed approach toward regulating damaging commentary on social media…The case also represented a troubling shift as politicians bring more lawsuits against ordinary citizens, they said.”
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