ABSTRACT The article uses the private-facts lawsuit of the retired wrestler Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media as a case study to look at the challenges of balancing the media’s freedom of expression and individuals' privacy in the contemporary celebrity-centred culture. It suggests that the verdict in the privacy suit reflects the jurors' profound disenchantment with the way in which freedom of expression was subverted in this case by the media organisation. It further adopts a comparative perspective that draws parallels and highlights differences between American and English privacy law. It explores Hogan's claim through the lens of the emerging English privacy jurisprudence and identifies important lessons to be learnt for the future of the newly developed tort of misuse of private information.

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绿巨人霍根（Holk Hogan）和高克媒体（Gawker Media）的灭亡：与名人偷窥，新闻价值和小报化有关的斗争

摘要本文以退休摔跤手绿巨人霍根（Holk Hogan）针对高克媒体公司（Gawker Media）的私人事实诉讼为案例研究，着眼于在当今以名人为中心的文化中平衡媒体的表达自由和个人隐私所面临的挑战。它表明，隐私诉讼中的裁决反映了陪审员对媒体组织在这种情况下颠覆言论自由方式的深深迷惑。它进一步采用了比较观点，该观点得出了相似之处，并强调了美国和英国隐私法之间的差异。它通过新兴的英国隐私法学理论探讨了霍根的主张，并确定了关于新开发的滥用私人信息侵权行为未来的重要教训。