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> The truth isn't defamation, by definition. This is a famously American position.
by mkehrt 1y ago
> The truth isn't defamation, by definition.
This is a famously American position.
- arrowsmith 1y agoI'm not American, and we're discussing a UK news story. But I genuinely didn't know that other countries do things differently. What does defamation even mean if it doesn't include the concept of untruth?
- arh68 1y agoPreviously, [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40682485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40682485 (obviously, it means different things to different folks; I can't properly answer your question) FWIW I'm only really familiar with the American usual.