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The apology – and damages – would not have been made if The National Enquirer did not have a web presence to accompany its print edition.

In the UK, libel laws are more plaintiff-friendly than in other countries including the US. Increasingly, celebrity lawyers are suing on the basis of UK web readers of stories. Although some efforts to sue on these grounds have failed because a story was viewed by only a handful of British web users, the recent case for Ms Diaz shows that the bar is not high: the article in question was only viewed 279 times from UK internet addresses, according to lawyers for the UK arm of the Enquirer.

The UK government has not asked the The National Enquirer to stop publishing in the country, but the publication is now blocking its web edition to British viewers. With more US lawyers and others familiar with the opportunities offered by a plaintiff-friendly UK court system – something which also applies to Ireland and some other European countries – other publishers may also seek to limit access by British readers.

“The Enquirer has cut off access to their publication in the UK,” said Niri Shan, a partner specialising in media law at Taylor Wessing, who now acts for The National Enquirer’s UK publisher. “You are getting more and more such vetting, with publishers having to censor what they make available in the UK because of the differences in the laws.”

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