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I'm not a lawyer, but under U.S. law, libel generally means that you've written something you knew to be false, or should have known to be false, and that you h
by karzeem 17y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but under U.S. law, libel generally means that you've written something you knew to be false, or should have known to be false, and that you had malicious intent in doing so. There are some exceptions (e.g. food libel), but as a defendant in a libel case, you're usually better off in the U.S. than in most developed countries.
- tokenadult 17y agoYes, generally truth is a defense to a defamation action in the United States, by a precedent that goes back to colonial times, so when you publish, what you have to do to protect yourself is make reasonable efforts to publish true rather than false statements.