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If it's libelous, couldn't it be? I'm not saying that's the case here, but wanted to point out that defamation is a crime, or tort depending on the case.
by nvrspyx 4y ago
If it's libelous, couldn't it be? I'm not saying that's the case here, but wanted to point out that defamation is a crime, or tort depending on the case.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoIn the United States (but not necessarily elsewhere), public officials have a very high bar to overcome if they're making a defamation claim. As First Brother Billy Carter once put it, "You can call a congressman a no-good sumbitch and he can't do anything about it."
- alistairSH 4y agoOhio doesn't have a criminal libel statute (13 states do, and most are no usually enforced).
- hermitdev 4y agoLibel & defemation are civil matters, not criminal. Edit: bad autocorrect
- cestith 4y agoThey also require a statement presented as fact, not opinion, which is false and designed to harm someone's reputation.
- nvrspyx 4y agoSome states have criminal defamation statutes, which is why I mentioned it depends on the case. I could've made that more clear though. As another comment mentioned, Ohio isn't one of those states though. My main point was that sometimes "making stuff up online" is a crime, or in the least, unlawful. And as far as colloquialism goes, crime, illegal, and unlawful are used interchangeably by the general public.