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So if I genuinely think you murdered a baby I can publish articles saying you did, with no legal consequence?
by spoonjim 5y ago
So if I genuinely think you murdered a baby I can publish articles saying you did, with no legal consequence?
- colinmhayes 5y agoyes, if you can prove that you genuinely believe it.
- spoonjim 5y agoIn the US that standard is only applied to public figures. For a private figure, the speaker can commit defamation if they do not exert reasonable care to ensure that the statement is true.
- xadhominemx 5y agoNo, the burden is not “exert reasonable care that the statement is true” It’s much more relaxed: “cannot have acted negligently in failing to ascertain whether the statement is true”
- xadhominemx 5y agoYes, that is the definition of defamation in the United States