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Meera, a manager, posts false statements on social media that damage the reputation of a rival firm's director. Which legal wrong is primarily involved?

The primary legal wrong is defamation. Publishing false statements on social media that harm the director's reputation is defamatory. No contract is broken, no goods are misdescribed and no trademark is imitated, so breach of contract, misrepresentation or passing off do not fit the facts.

  1. ADefamationCorrect
  2. BBreach of contract
  3. CMisrepresentation of goods
  4. DPassing off of a trademark

Explanation

Publishing false statements that harm a person's reputation is defamation, and publication online makes it a matter of cyber communication misuse. No contract is being breached, no goods are misdescribed, and no trademark is being imitated in this fact situation.

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