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In the US, it's not libel if it's true.

• guywithahat 1y ago
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  • latexr 1y ago
    > If it were true, Google, Meta, and X wouldn't have paid out ~60 million so far. They paid because they fear that not caving would be worse for them. Lawsuits aren’t cheap, and it’s a common tactic to sue someone to burden them with the costs of fighting it, thus getting them to shut up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ... In this case, they also have to feat the possibility of legal repercussions in other ways, such as having business deals deliberately stalled or denied in retaliation, something the Trump administration has made very clear is something they are OK with doing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_Jimmy_Kimmel_Live https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_Jimmy_Kimmel_Liv...! > based off a protest You are oversimplifying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–2023_Brazilian_coup_plot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–2023_Brazilian_coup_plot