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An Italian court in Milan has ordered a journalist, Giulia Cortese to pay €5,000 in damages to Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni for body shaming her on social media.
The Milan court also gave Giulia Cortese a suspended fine of €1,200 over another post on X, formerly Twitter, about Meloni’s height.
Meloni launched legal action against the journalist three years after the two women clashed on social media over a mocked-up photo of Meloni with late fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in the background on X.
Meloni claimed the fabricated photo was of unique gravity and had instructed her attorney to take legal action against the journalist.
Reacting, Cortese slammed Italy’s government for having a serious problem with freedom of expression and journalistic dissent.