Social Media Defamation Across Borders: Legal and Jurisdictional Challenges

Abstract

The social media has introduced the communication revolution but has also increased the risks of introducing defamation at the international level. The content that is published in a certain country can so easily spread and tarnish the reputation of another country giving rise to complex legal and jurisdictional problems. These cross-border conflicts are difficult to deal with by the existing laws of defamation, which are founded on the territorial grounds. In this paper, social media defamation type, issue in determining jurisdiction and the responsibility of platform are examined. It also talks of options available on the possibility of protecting reputations without interfering with free speech in a new frontier in the digital world that knows no boundaries.