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Comment by bee_rider

22 days ago

I think it has to be an intentional lie and intended to harm, in the US at least (but don’t trust me on that!). If nothing else it would be interesting to see how it goes!

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jeltz  22 days ago

Other countries have stricter libel laws and willful disregard of the truth is often enough for it to be libel.

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