Liable law
You can be sued for saying things about a person which are untrue and damage their reputation. The law was created to protect people from unwarranted, mistaken or untruthful attacks on their reputation.
A case from October 2013 Alan Davies, tweeted a statmend about Lord McAlpine that was untrue. The tweet related to child sex abuse alligations, which related the comedian agreeing to pay £15.000 and damages issuing a warning to the users of the social media service.
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