Artist spoke on his official website after site published that the former the former Smiths was the target of an Internet misinformation campaign
After processing a supposed virtual troll that would have conducted a “decades’ defamatory campaign”, the singer and composer Morrissey revealed new details about the lawsuit.
The news came to light initially on April 4, when the website Music Business Worldwide published that the former singer of The Smiths He hired a British law firm to process a person suspected of publishing “disturbing, harmful and slanderous” content about him “almost daily … several times a day.”
According to the letter of ceasing and giving up sent by the lawyers, the accused would also have pursued Morrissey Physically, leaving “tickets written in your home and for him”, acts supposedly captured by security cameras. In addition, he would have placed family members of the singer in “significant risk of physical and emotional damage.”
The letter also accuses the individual of inserting “far-right policy” in publications to build a distorted public image of Morrisseyfeeding a “harmful, inaccurate and defamatory global narrative” that would have been reinforced by the press.
Now the artist has made a publication on his official website with more details about the case. He explained that an online protection company contacted that the musician was in the sights of a fraud and misinformation campaign.
“The scale of manipulation is one of the worst and most malicious ever seen by the team, which worked in similar cases to Beyoncé, Prince, Bob Dylan, Adele and Radiohead”Says the statement.
“The campaign against Morrissey It is characterized by false sites, false representation in social media, identity fraud and continuous harassment on Facebook, X, Instagram – all social networks that Morrissey Never visited, ”he added.
“Emerging online data is falsely signed on his behalf in an attempt to associate the artist with fake narratives designed to destroy his career. These posts date from several years ago. The artist has no personal presence in such networks and never had a smartphone.”
Morrissey He has faced criticism in the past for controversial political statements-especially for his brief support for the extinct party for Britain-but he has always denied any alignment with the far right.
Still, in recent years, the singer has been involved in several controversies, including public friction with the band SparksComplaints about the fact that “no one” throws their albums due to an alleged war against freedom of expression in the UK, and disagreements with the former bandmate Johnny Marr.
Finally, the text stresses that the findings will be delivered to the authorities and that the long -awaited album Bonfire of Teenagers It has not yet been released. The musician will be on a solo tour that begins in late May.
+++ Read more: Morrissey Move process against a virtual troll for continuous defamation for years
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Source: Rollingstone
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