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Wouldn't she have the excuse of truth as defense?

• mlhpdx 7mo ago
  It’s simply satire, not “truth”. The statement doesn’t claim any fact: it’s a hypotheical not unlike a “based on real events” movie/book/etc that never quotes or attributes specific actions to a subject. And that’s why Atlassian is very likely to lose over and over as they appeal (but never say never these days in the US).
  • Arainach 7mo ago
    Was the CEO dialing in from the headquarters of an NBA team they owned? Yes. Were they calling to aggressively dismiss employee claims (without video I cannot prove "yelling", but that is a way that word is used in common parlance)? Yes. Does downleveling employees have a significant negative impact on their careers? Yes. This wasn't satire, it was truth.
• helsinkiandrew 7mo ago
  That’s a good point. If that was the only thing she said, it’s hard not to see it as a statement of fact (Although I’m sure lawyers could argue about pummeled): > “What’s up Outragers, just dialing in from my NBA team’s headquarters to yell at the people whose careers I’ve just pummeled,”
• dcrazy 7mo ago
  The company isn’t suing her for defamation.