Author J.K. Rowling has fallen silent on her usually busy X (formerly Twitter) feed, after Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif filed a legal complaint in France for alleged cyber harassment over statements regarding her gender.

On August 9, lawyers for Khelif filed a lawsuit with a special unit of the public prosecutor’s office in Paris, stemming from false statements that spread online about her gender after the Algerian boxer defeated Italy’s Angela Carini in her first fight of the 2024 Olympic Games. Carini pulled out 46 seconds into the bout and told reporters afterwards that she had “never felt a punch like this.”

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    3 months ago

    It’s amazing how fast lawsuits can shut up anybody who still has at least two brain cells left. Doesn’t work on Trump or Elon for some reason. I’m sure it’s a coincidence.

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      3 months ago

      Different laws. In the UK it’s generally easier to sue for defaming someone like Rowling is accused of doing.

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        3 months ago

        This is under French law, though, and it’s cyberbullying law instead of defamation.