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Judge: Facebook comments did not defame Oceanside grad

Originally published: July 23, 2010 7:48 PM
Updated: July 23, 2010 10:03 PM
By SOPHIA CHANG  sophia.chang@newsday.com

File photo of the Facebook homepage.

Photo credit: AP | File photo of the Facebook homepage.

A State Supreme Court justice in Nassau County has dismissed a $6-million lawsuit filed by an Oceanside High School graduate against four of her former classmates, alleging defamation by the four teenagers through posted messages on a private Facebook group page.

While the actions of the four defendants were "puerile" and lacking in "taste and propriety," Justice Randy Sue Marber wrote in...

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