Does it not fall under the definition of libel and slander, which in turn can be tried under both civil and criminal courts?

I ran a quick search and I found a relevant article – actually rather relevant to the facebook issue, but in the last paragraph it confirms the above.

http://www.sundaycircle.com/2011/10/ask-the-experts-facebook-libel/

His descriptions of the vast orgies of Heliogabalus was probably what set me off on the road to decadence. Oh well, can’t be helped now.

I can still hear the voice of Horatio Vella quoting Ovid.

[Daphne – One of the most trying years of my life, and that’s saying a great deal.]

I am sorry Osservatore but you are mistaken.

The spreading of a ‘pernicious rumour’ is not a criminal act. Lying about a person is an offence if it amounts to calumny. What constitutes a criminal offence is defaming an individual with intent of some form gain.

Then there is libel under the Press Act – yet while all libel is a in fact a pernicious rumour, not all rumours of this ilk are necessarily libellous.

I feel like a downright arse having supposedly checked the spelling (given that I never studied Latin) only to end up bastardising it.

It’s either too many things on my mind to even process the results of a basic internet search or this Malta Taghna Lkoll spelling bug is really catchy.

Thanks for the correction, Baxxter. It has been duly noted.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Franco-Debono-is-a-disgrace-to-the-role-of-Law-Commissioner/504221409636608?ref=tn_tnmn

Verba volant, scripta manent.