> Is that really the desired outcome? And if it is, it ought to be decided by democratic legislatures, not courts. It would be up to governments to change the

> Is that really the desired outcome? And if it is, it ought to be decided by democratic legislatures, not courts. It would be up to governments to change the laws if they don't want courts doing this on the basis of existing law. Courts work with the laws they have, and in most countries if you (where you is a person or other legal entity, including a company) negligently lie about a normal person, you may be civilly liable (in many places the bar is higher for _public figures_, but that's not relevant in this case). There is no "magic robot did it" get-out clause.