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The crime of defamatory libel (which I think is what you mean by criminal charges) was abolished in 2010[1]. AFAIK, UK libel is entirely civil law. You're righ
by chrisdevereux 13y ago
The crime of defamatory libel (which I think is what you mean by criminal charges) was abolished in 2010[1]. AFAIK, UK libel is entirely civil law.
You're right that the UK has much stricter libel laws in general, though.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamatory_libel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamatory_libel