Court overturns order preventing campaigner from making ‘offensive’ social media posts

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A campaigner against bogus medical treatments has won a High Court challenge against a District Court judge’s order not to post anything on social media that is abusive or offensive to any person.

The Weeknd at Marlay Park, Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket information, how to get there and moreShe was charged with trespassing on a property located at the Priory Maulatanvally, Reenscreena, Rosscarbery, Co Cork in such a manner as to cause or likely to cause fear in another person. The prosecution’s case was based on a statement from Fr Giacomo Ballini, and the court was informed that Ms O’Leary had taken video footage on the premises and uploaded it to social media.

Rather than fine or sentence her to community service, she claimed, the judge imposed a suspended 60-day prison sentence. The judge also imposed certain conditions including that she must keep the peace and that for the duration of the two-year suspended period she must not engage in any behaviour in any public place or public forum, including social media, that is abusive or offensive to any person.

Ms O’Leary said she has campaigned against pseudoscience, including the use of a dangerous product called MMS, being used on persons who have cancer and those diagnosed with autism. She said her activism has resulted in her receiving a lot of abuse and threats, particularly online.

 

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