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> In some jurisdictions it can be libel or something legally similar, even if they really do that The only sensible time I would see this being legitimate is i

> In some jurisdictions it can be libel or something legally similar, even if they really do that The only sensible time I would see this being legitimate is if it was something secret/confidential (but still legal) being made public (and viewed as being revealed maliciously, depending on content/context); I doubt it would be considered libellous however (but if you have a reference, I'd like to read up on it).

glandium 5y ago
One example that comes to mind is how the Japanese wikipedia page for Iizuka Kozo wouldn't put a single reference to the Higashi-Ikebukuro runaway car accident he caused (not even a link to the separate wikipedia page for it) until after he was sentenced, because the wikipedia rules are such as to avoid these legal problems. His name wasn't even mentioned on the runaway car accident page either. http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?re=&vm=02&id=1960 http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?re=&... Chapter XXXIV Crimes against Reputation (Defamation) Article 230 (1) A person who defames another by alleging facts in public shall, regardless of whether such facts are true or false, be punished by imprisonment with or without work for not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen. (2) A person who defames a dead person shall not be punished unless such defamation is based on a falsehood.