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Defamation requires the information to be false.

• baobabKoodaa 2y ago
  As a blanket statement that is incorrect. For example, in Finland it doesn't have to be false.
  • jrflowers 2y ago
    This is a good point. In a similarly salient vein it is legal to drive without a seat belt in New Hampshire and federally illegal to catch lobsters below a certain size in the US.
  • kstrauser 2y ago
    Possibly true, but not relevant to a case in California.
    • lokar 2y ago
      In the US the truth is an absolute defense for liable and defamation (aiui)