Giulia Cortese convicted of defamation over two tweets that judge in Milan said amounted to ‘body shaming’
An Italian court has ordered a journalist to pay €5,000 in damages to the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, for mocking her height over social media in what was defined as “body shaming”.
Giulia Cortese, a journalist based in Milan, was also given a suspended fine of €1,200 over the jibe, which dated back to October 2021, a year before Meloni’s far-right coalition government came to power.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/18/italian-journalist-ordered-pay-damages-mocking-giorgia-meloni-height
Author : Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Publish date : 2024-07-18 12:42:21
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