PAUL TWEED, THE Co Down solicitor who has previously represented A-list celebrities and public figures ranging from Britney Spears to Miriam O’Callaghan, is planning a group action in the Irish courts against social media and AI platforms.
The solicitor told The Journal he wants to rein in the Big Tech companies and believes the use of AI needs to be controlled due to potential dangers it poses around defamatory content.
He said AI companies can’t use the “old social media argument” where they insisted they’re not publishers and can’t be held liable for content posted by users on their platforms.
Tweed has published a new book detailing his lengthy career navigating defamation cases for the rich and famous, but he also uses it as a rallying call to “jolt” governments and media into action against Big Tech and AI.
‘A threat to all of us’
In the book – titled ‘From Holywood to Hollywood: My Life as an International Libel Lawyer …