Alot of countries have libel or otherwise stupid laws that criminalizes freedom of the press in the name of protecting privacy. Despite surveillance and the DMC

Alot of countries have libel or otherwise stupid laws that criminalizes freedom of the press in the name of protecting privacy. Despite surveillance and the DMCA American laws are very friendly to digital publishers compared to other nations. Compare Britain for example which has developed a reputation for libel tourism. People of different nations hire a local law firm to file a libel suit on their behalf against local critics. This bankrupts the critics who have to travel all the way to Britain to defend themselves or risk the local government respecting a British damages judgement.