Chance The Lawyer ⚡︎WOW
fox’s motions for summary judgment denied in the dominion case, dominion’s motion granted in part, denied in part
opinion available here: https://chancery.ink/dominionsj
I'm digesting the opinion now, but it's groundbreaking that the plaintiff could win anything on summary judgment, as a matter of law, here, against a news organization, on a defamation claim. it is bad news for fox, despite the fact that some of the elements will "still" have to go to trial.
Davis found that Dominion proved defamation per se, particularly on the point of falsity, see his use of ALL CAPS, bold and *italics*, in the passage below.
While everyone on Twitter completely misunderstands the ruling because some moron tweeted in all caps something entirely misleading to fintwit like five minutes after my post, but it got more traction, I am just reminded of how much better life is on Mastodon. 😇
This opinion is such a huge loss for Fox, and such a huge win for Dominion.
It's hard to overstate what a big deal this is legally.
@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote@chancerydaily Is there a reason you don’t use hashtags?
@Pineywoozle I usually use them in the top post of a thread. Do you think that's insufficient? I'm open to feedback! Also, I am probably not very good at it, so would love constructive criticism or suggestions.
@chancerydaily Yeah, this place runs on hashtags. How else can I get people to look at my #ChickensInSweaterVests 😜 But seriously tag each post because posts are seen in real time except when boosted. Lots of people follow specific hashtags like. #USPol or #Indictment so no mater when you post they can find the content when they happen to be on. Words aren’t searchable #s are
@chancerydaily If you only tag the top thread you’re one of hundreds and way harder to find.