and for the royal fans, the waiting is almost over. celebrations marking queen elizabeth s 70 year reign are about to finally begin. hello and welcome. the actorjohnny depp says he has his life back after he won a libel case against ex wife amber heard. a court in the us has ordered the actress to pay $15 million in damages over an article in which she claimed she was a victim of abuse. she says she s heart broken by the verdict. our correspondent david sillito s been at the trial in the state of virginia and sent this report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer. yes. cheering. outside, the fans chaired. johnny depp s lawyers emerged to a hero welcome. johnny depp s lawyers emerged to a hero welcome. to a hero welcome. today s verdict confi
and for the royal fans, the waiting is almost over. celebrations marking queen elizabeth s 70 year reign are about to finally begin. hello and welcome. the actorjohnny depp says he has his life back after he won a libel case against ex wife amber heard. a court in the us has ordered the actress to pay $15 million in damages over an article in which she claimed she was a victim of abuse. she says she s heart broken by the verdict. our correspondent david sillito s been at the trial in the state of virginia and sent this report. mr foreperson, is this
they watched clips on social media, memes on tiktok, youtube. how has that informed public debate around this trial? yeah, ithink yeah, i think the fact that most people did not watch every part of this trial has skewed a lot of people s opinions because they are viewing this trial through the lens of content creators that are either projohnny or pro amber. there is almost no neutral partyjust there is almost no neutral party just telling there is almost no neutral partyjust telling it how it is, summarising the events of the day, it is all sort of generator to maximise outrage and engagement. mas generator to maximise outrage and engagement. generator to maximise outrage and engagement. was there ever and engagement. was there ever any incentive and engagement. was there ever any incentive to and engagement. was there ever any incentive to cover and engagement. was there ever any incentive to cover both - any incentive to cover both sides with any kind of neutrality? and if not
not what you are going to get on social media which, time and time again rewards out rage and doesn tjust reward people with views and followers and clout but also rewards them with money and so i think that we arejust seeing this money and so i think that we are just seeing this happen more and more and more, especially on tiktok. more and more contentious issues just go viral. if more contentious issues ust go viral. , , viral. if this is| representative viral. if this is i representative of viral. if this is - representative of the viral. if this is representative of the new media landscape, abuse trails as sport, what implications does the dominance of social media creators have on the stories that are heard and the way in which they are depicted did. you just see that the stories are very one sided, the way that content creators cover this trial is again through the lens of one person or the other. misogyny and racism and all of these biases are baked into a lot of the content
torrent of abuse. are beginning she was facing a torrent of abuse. are received hundreds torrent of abuse. are received hundreds of torrent of abuse. are received hundreds of death torrent of abuse. are received hundreds of death threats - hundreds of death threats regularly, if not daily. campaigners for those who have endured domestic violence are worried. ~ ., ., endured domestic violence are worried. ~ . ., . worried. what we are concerned about in this worried. what we are concerned about in this instance worried. what we are concerned about in this instance is - worried. what we are concerned about in this instance is the - about in this instance is the chilling effect that the media coverage will have on survivors who need to come forward, and so ultimately that can be a very damaging things. victims are watching this and they are thinking about, how will either be treated if a come forward? amber heard says she is heartbroken. she did win part of a libel case over an