Defamation - In Riley v Murray, the defendant was found liable for a tweet that falsely attributed an endorsement of violence to the plaintiff. The High Court classified the statement as a defamatory statement of fact and rejected the defences of truth, honest opinion and public interest. The tweet was published against the background of wider public debates, including discussions on antisemitism in the Labour Party in which the plaintiff was publicly involved, but the court’s assessment focused on the defamatory meaning of the statement and the resulting serious harm to reputation within the meaning of the Defamation Act 2013.