Defamation Bill

Lord Brougham and Vaux Excerpts
Tuesday 15th January 2013

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Grand Committee
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Lord May of Oxford Portrait Lord May of Oxford
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No, but they complain to the people who should not have allowed it to be posted. That is my understanding, which means there is a responsibility—

Lord May of Oxford Portrait Lord May of Oxford
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I apologise. I forget the curious thing that you must stand up, thus rendering the microphone less effective. Be that as it may, I thought that there was some recourse and a real encouragement to the person running the thing not to permit really bad behaviour, because there is that recourse against the person who owns the website.