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“Elon Musk's lawyers say that when he falsely calls someone a pedophile on Twitter, that's just an "imaginative attack," protected by the First Amendment, so he
by jwildeboer 8y ago
“Elon Musk's lawyers say that when he falsely calls someone a pedophile on Twitter, that's just an "imaginative attack," protected by the First Amendment, so he can't be sued.”
- LinuxBender 8y agoI am not a lawyer, but I believe that is called defamation of character or slander. If I were Elon, I would "clarify" my statement to be the literal meaning, vs. the psychological term to avoid giving away even more money. Probably too late for that however.