The Modern American Volume 11 Issue 1 Article 3 2018 Insta-Famous: Challenges and Obstacles Facing Bloggers and Social Media Personalities in Defamation Cases Maureen T. DeSimone Suffolk University Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/tma Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Internet Law Commons Recommended Citation DeSimone, Maureen T. (2018) "Insta-Famous: Challenges and Obstacles Facing Bloggers and Social Media Personalities in Defamation Cases," The Modern American: Vol. 11 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. Available at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/tma/vol11/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Modern American by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact
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