3 ms·
Another idea would be to deregulate the industry (is credit reporting not free speech?) but add a lot more teeth to libel laws.
by SamReidHughes 9y ago
Another idea would be to deregulate the industry (is credit reporting not free speech?) but add a lot more teeth to libel laws.
- el_benhameen 9y agoThat still puts the onus of correcting issues on the public (must sue a large, well-lawyered corporation to rectify incorrect information), and it has a lot of knock-on effects (loose libel laws seem like a very bad thing for a free press).
- pjc50 9y agoLibel laws are a terrible idea; there's a reason the US has a special law against extra-territorial enforcement of UK libel law.
- pavel_lishin 9y agoWhy do we have to deregulate first?
- rhizome 9y agoJust libel? What about slander and RICO?