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- WUDC 2012 Round 8 motion
- Information/context slide:
- Defamation: claims which may harm the image of an individual or group, where these claims are stated or implied to be factual.
- The historian Niall Ferguson wrote a book about potential positive effects of colonialism. Another academic, Pankaj Mishra, accused him of racism based on the conclusions reached in his book. Ferguson has threatened Mishra with legal action on grounds of defamation.
- Similar cases have occurred regarding research into genetics, disability and race.
- Motion:
- This House would exempt academic disputes from defamation law.
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