A retweet could get you arrested for defamation

Currently there are a lot of people who have and are being arrested for sharing things on social media and when they are arrested the first excuse they give is that the message did not originate from them.

In media law, there is a topic on defamation which covers both libel and slander. Now one thing stands out very clearly and which most people do not know. Any person who spreads, shares a message or picture or caricature etc that makes the public question a person’s reputation meets the requirements of committing defamation and will be charged separately from the originator.