McAlpine settles with BBC over Newsnight claims as ex-Tory pursues social media users
The scandal over a BBC report featuring allegations of child abuse by a former Conservative politician has placed renewed scrutiny on the legal implications of comments posted on social media sites such as Twitter. Following the Newsnight broadcast earlier this month, former Conservative Party treasurer Lord McAlpine rapidly became the subject of a number of allegations on social media sites, despite the fact he was not named by the programme.
November 15, 2012 at 07:03 PM
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The BBC has settled with Lord McAlpine over a libel claim concerning allegations of child abuse made on the Newsnight programme which implicated the former Conservative politician.
The damages amount to £185,000 plus costs. The agreement will be announced in open court in a matter of days.
Lord McAlpine commented: "I have been conscious that any settlement will be paid by the licence fee payers, and have taken that into account in reaching agreement with the BBC.
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