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Is there public case history where an individual or corporation has been forced to publicly state untruth or false facts for the sake of national security or ot
by mutagen 13y ago
Is there public case history where an individual or corporation has been forced to publicly state untruth or false facts for the sake of national security or other state need?
With the warrant canary meme spreading, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Section 215 warrants include warrant canary clauses. I'm curious about precedent and the legal arguements (pro and con) for doing so.
- GigabyteCoin 13y agoSeeing as libel is quite a serious offense in the United States, I think you pose a good question.
- Tloewald 13y agoLibel is a civil matter.
- emn13 13y agoNevertheless, requiring someone to actively act unlawfully is tricky. Furthermore, requiring someone to actively act against their beliefs is tricky. Getting someone to do so convincingly... very tricky. Indeed, the fact that it's a civil matter makes it harder to circumvent, if anything - after all, there's a third party involved, and they don't need to accept the government's assertions that it was required (and note that the government doesn't automatically have a right to violate its own laws). And of course, if any of this actually came to court, by that point it'd all be a moot.