> Doesn't sounds like a crime? Defamation is not a crime, but it is a "tort" (a civil wrong, rather than a criminal wrong). -- https://www.nolo.com/legal-ency

> Doesn't sounds like a crime? Defamation is not a crime, but it is a "tort" (a civil wrong, rather than a criminal wrong). -- https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/defamation-law-made-simple-29718.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/defamation-law-made-.... Libel is criminal in 24 states. -- https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/map-states-criminal-laws-against-defamation https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/map-states-criminal-...