Fashion Designer files suit against Courtney Love for Twitter remarks

Libel on the Internet: WNW

It was bound to happen sooner or later: Twitter is facing its first libel suit. It all started when Courtney Love began posting a number of tweets criticizing Dawn Simorangkir, a fashion designer who is claiming that Love’s comments have destroyed her reputation and her business. Among the comments, Love calls Simorangkir a “nasty, lying, hosebag thief” with “a history of dealing cocaine.” Defamation on the Internet is a hot-topic issue that seems to popping up everywhere. For more information on defamation and libel on the internet, click here.