Professor Barry McDonald Quoted in "Negative Online Bot Reviews Push on the Edges of Defamation Law" -- Bloomberg Law Journal

Professor Barry P. McDonald is quoted in the Bloomberg Law Journal article, "Negative Online Bot Reviews Push on the Edges of Defamation Law." The article considers bot-generated negative reviews and the question of who is to blame if artificial intelligence is behind bot-generated content? 

Excerpts from "Negative Online Bot Reviews Push on the Edges of Defamation Law"

To serve a subpoena overseas is almost impossible,” said Barry McDonald, a professor at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law. “The more global this problem becomes, I think we are going to need global bodies, instead of just US courts or courts of another country, like the World Trade Organization.”

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“This is just part of the Wild West that’s been created by the internet and digital tech, that is capable of tremendous good but also tremendous harm if it’s misused,” McDonald said.

The complete article may be found at Bloomberg Law