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There’s nothing wrong with your dislike of Google. No matter how much you dislike them, though, the word “libel” has a meaning that should be respected. To opin
by otterley 8mo ago
There’s nothing wrong with your dislike of Google. No matter how much you dislike them, though, the word “libel” has a meaning that should be respected. To opine that a site is unsafe is simply not libelous.
- pocksuppet 8mo agoIt's libelous in Germany unless you can prove it's true. In fact people regularly get punished in Germany for things like calling politicians idiots, because they can't prove they are idiots. https://www.ft.com/content/27626fa8-3379-4b69-891d-379401675942 https://www.ft.com/content/27626fa8-3379-4b69-891d-379401675...
- otterley 8mo agoThe article headline says “investigated,” not “punished.”
- pocksuppet 8mo agoThe investigation consisted of the police busting into their house and stealing all of their electronic devices, which is a punishment.
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- otterley 8mo agoSecuring physical evidence subject to a warrant is not punishment under the law. But I take your point that this seems like a pretty heavy-handed reaction.
- pocksuppet 8mo agoThe law may not call a spade a spade, but it still is.
- horsawlarway 8mo agoSure it is - it's factually incorrect, misleading, and has an impact to my reputation. > Libel is the publication of writing, pictures, cartoons, or any other medium that expose a person to public hatred, shame, disgrace, or ridicule, or induce an ill opinion of a person, and are not true They literally show a giant red banner to every user of their browser that tries to access my site, calling me unsafe. Which is factually incorrect, and absolutely induces a negative opinion. There's nothing on my site except a login page, it wasn't compromised, and it wasn't available for public access or registration. They can't "opine" on safety - it's just factually incorrect. Convenient for them that the only way to resolve the issue is to sign up for Google products, though. Wonder how that works... --- Next you'll try telling me that calling someone a cheat is also just an opinion, but it's standard legal libel.