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YouTuber ordered to pay "King of Kong" Billy Mitchell $230,000 over defamation claims

It wasn't over cheating allegations

In a nutshell: Billy Mitchell, the arcade gaming legend who has been embroiled in controversy for almost a decade now, has been awarded $230,000 in a defamation lawsuit against a YouTuber. Karl Jobst implied in a video that Mitchell's legal battle against a different YouTuber led to that person's suicide after it left him "deeply in debt." But a judge said Jobst had shown a "reckless disregard for the truth."

Full story By Rob Thubron, April 1, 2025, 5:16 AM 7 comments

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OpenAI faces ChatGPT probe over data risk issues, damaging reputations

Has OpenAI broken consumer protection laws?

By Rob Thubron, July 14, 2023, 7:37 AM

Google must pay man $500,000 for refusing to remove links claiming he's a pedophile

Google couldn't hide behind Section 230 this time

By Rob Thubron, April 21, 2023, 5:16 AM 7 comments

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Google warns that defamation case ruling will force it to 'censor' the internet

The implications could be far-reaching

By Rob Thubron, January 24, 2022, 7:05 AM 28 comments

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Pirate Bay co-founder goes on the offensive, plans to sue record labels for defamation

By Shawn Knight, June 22, 2016, 5:15 PM

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Hong Kong court permits local tycoon to sue Google for defamatory autocomplete suggestions

By Himanshu Arora, August 6, 2014, 11:15 AM 7 comments

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Libel cases double in the UK, social networking to blame

By Shawn Knight, August 29, 2011, 4:30 PM