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by g00gler 1857 days ago
> but if you just post about how a lot of people are saying so-and-so has a child sex dungeon and somebody ought to do something about it, that's still free speech right?

That’d be libel / defamation.

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That depends on a number of things. Is the subect a Public figure or not? Do you know that claim you are repeating is false? Do you have a reasonable belief that the rumor ia true? How many people are you talking to? Are you repeating the claim out of malice?
It's virtually impossible for a politician to win a defamation suit in the US. The bar is incredibly high.