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For context, I'm generally sympathetic to the "I've got nothing to hide" people I find your example illustrates the point . The UK has insane libel laws The

For context, I'm generally sympathetic to the "I've got nothing to hide" people I find your example illustrates the point . The UK has insane libel laws The sane solution would be to address these laws, not to create mechanisms for people to arbitrarily evade laws A lot of pro privacy arguments seem to boil down to "well we should make it a bit easier for people to break the law, cus maybe the laws are just bad". This line of reasoning just feels really unsatisfying..

simonh 3y ago
I think we need both. We need clearer and more just laws governing free speech, and we need the right to the protection of our private speech.
- psd1 3y ago
  > we need You're not wrong, but there are more pressing concerns
  - simonh 3y ago
    The UK passes roughly 33 acts of parliament per year, and 3,000 Statutory Instruments. What other concern is so pressing that passing one act of parliament would render the nation unable to complete it?
jabradoodle 3y ago
It doesn't sound like libel/defemtation were involved in either case. Sounds like they were treated as criminal matters.
rightbyte 3y ago
> The UK has insane libel laws It is somewhat strange since the tabloids are extremely toxic and spam gossip.
qerti 3y ago
“Making it easier for people to break the law” is a weird way of saying “Making it harder for authoritarian governments to abuse its citizens”