> The content was clearly libelous and defamatory, which is pretty illegal. That is incorrect. In the US, the _act_ of libel is illegal and the author of it ca

> The content was clearly libelous and defamatory, which is pretty illegal. That is incorrect. In the US, the _act_ of libel is illegal and the author of it can get into legal trouble. And a publisher might if they knowingly published false information, which is harder to prove. But the libelous _content_ itself is not illegal and is in fact protected by the First Amendment.