Newspapers in the US have extremely strong protections against defamation lawsuits. This is especially true when the falsehoods in question are targeted against

Newspapers in the US have extremely strong protections against defamation lawsuits. This is especially true when the falsehoods in question are targeted against politicians they disapprove of, but even spreading partisan lies about kids that lead to the kids in question receiving a torrent of death threats and a large number of people plotting to make them unemployable for the rest of their lives is not sufficient grounds for a defamation lawsuit. The anti-big-tech folks, for the most part at least, seem to have absolutely no problem with this.