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- Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and Alex Jones were ordered to pay massive damages in defamation cases.
- Legal experts say social media incentivizes people seeking notoriety to make defamatory claims.
- But it also means the damages from defamation can be far greater.
Former president Donald Trump on Friday was slapped with an $83.3 judgment after a jury found him liable for defaming author E. Jean Carroll — the latest in a series of massive awards juries have doled out in defamation cases involving major public figures.