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Harmful crap defined. Statements that are either knowingly false or evidence a reckless disregard for the truth herein defined as being misinformation that a re
by michaelmrose 5y ago
Harmful crap defined. Statements that are either knowingly false or evidence a reckless disregard for the truth herein defined as being misinformation that a reasonable person would know it is false that would reasonably be said to lead to serious harm and death by actual persons.
For example telling people to bleach their autistic kids buttholes, that the vaccine contains a chip to track you or will kill you as part of a secret government plot, that covid isn't real, that you should prefer to treat covid with horse paste or take such as a preventative measure.
- teddyh 5y agoOK, so you’ve now basically outlawed sarcasm, parody, art, and a number of other worthwhile things. Try again, please. Hard cases make bad law.
- michaelmrose 5y agoI don't think its hard to distinguish between telling people that they shouldn't get vaccinated against a deadly disease because the vaccine is part of an imaginary plot to kill you leading thousands of people to demonstrably die and sarcasm, parody, art, or those other unnamed worthwhile things. Not only are some people unknowingly spreading such info but others are knowingly communicating such lies for the lols and for ad revenue. When we enforce existing laws we take into account context and reasonable assertions of both judges and citizens to interpret situations and the law. The law books and case law is full of fuzzy situations we successfully litigate every day.