Different types of Defamation

What is the difference of libel and slander?

Where Might You Find Potentially Defamatory Statements?

• letters to the editor of local newspapers.

• public comments on media

  (newspaper or magazine)

• websites

• blog posts

• comments to blog posts

What is the most common places for making possibly libelous?

• internet chat rooms

• listservers

• Newspaper and magazines

• public comments on media

• Twitter

What is libel?

What is slander?

There 4 different defamation on the list except one?

• A statement of fact.

• A published statement.

• The statement caused injury.

• The statement must be false.

• The statement is not privileged.

What law is defamation in the Philippines?

• Under Article 353

• Under Article 351

• Under Article 352

• Under PD 353

• Under PD 721

What are the 3 requirements for defamation except one.

• A true statement purporting to be fact.

• Publication or communication of that statement to a third person.

• Fault amounting to at least negligence.

• Damages, or some harm caused to the person or entity who is the subject of the statement.

Is defamation punishable by law?

• Yes

• No

Is libel a crime? Why?