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> Contrary to popular opinion, you can't sue somebody out of existence if they've done nothing wrong. That's absolutely incorrect. There is ample precedent of
by CPLX 10y ago
> Contrary to popular opinion, you can't sue somebody out of existence if they've done nothing wrong.
That's absolutely incorrect. There is ample precedent of people using the civil legal system to suppress the media.
Perhaps you heard of these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_law
- maratd 10y agoI was explicitly talking at the US legal system, so the proper link is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_law#Cases_in_the_USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_law#Cases_in_t... Read that over. They did not have a lot of things go their way.
- CPLX 10y agoPerhaps. As far as I can tell though they successfully kept the news that they were running a financially fraudulent cult completely out of the mainstream media for decades, until the invention of the internet made that goal increasingly impossible.