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This deposition was in a lawsuit which asks government to impose consequences against Musk for spreading untruths in the name of "free speech".
by jqpabc123 3y ago
This deposition was in a lawsuit which asks government to impose consequences against Musk for spreading untruths in the name of "free speech".
- LastTrain 3y agoNo it isn't. This is a civil suit between two citizens.
- jqpabc123 3y agoWho will impose any judgment in this case?
- hn_acker 3y ago> This is a civil suit between two citizens. On their own, whether a case is civil and whether the case is between only regular citizens has nothing to do with free speech. The First Amendment applies to government enforcement of civil lawsuits. In the US, if I write a social media post "John Doe is a bad person." with no other context (opinion, not a statement of fact [1]), then my post would be not defamation and also would be free speech, even if my post were to damage John Doe's reputation. Defamation is not protected speech i.e. is not free speech. Elon Musk's party is arguing that Musk didn't defame Ben Brody. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Defences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Defences