The U. S. District Court for the Southern District of the State of New York has ruled that an individual’s use of a hyperlink to substantiate a statement in the context of a report of judicial proceedings can fall under the “fair report” privilege. Thus, the defendant in a defamation action could use the fair report privilege to defeat the accusation. In Adelson v. Harris, the plaintiff had accused the defendants of defamation, alleging that their statements concerning his

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