Reason Magazine
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Georgia Court of Appeals rules against Michael Weaver , who posted negative Google reviews of a Georgia frame shop.
Weaver sued owner Valerie Millsaps for libel, alleging she made false statements about his criminal record.
Millsaps says she knew Weaver had a history of violent behavior, including a prior aggravated assault conviction for pepper-spraying an African American man.
The court concluded that Millsaps's post was on a matter of public concern, and thus subject to the special procedural protections offered by Georgia 's anti-SLAPP statute.
Millsaps averred that she made her Google post to protect her business and believed the information in the post was true.
But there is no evidence Millsaps knew her statement about the death threat was false.
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