Commenting on today’s report from the Joint Committee on the draft defamation bill, Nick Pickles, director of privacy and civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch, said: “Libel law as it stands is clearly not functioning properly, and is certainly not fit for a digital age. “If people are posting defamatory material, publishers have a duty to remove that content. What is essential is that any take down process must follow due process and ensure that the law cannot be abused by … →