[dragonwriter]

> At some point we to start thinking about strengthening our libel laws to act as a deterrent to this type of online behaviors.

I am unconvinced that there is anything that could be done to strengthen libel laws that would have this effect short of also shutting down essential freedom of expression, given that Western regimes with stronger libel laws are not free of it, and our libel laws tend to go pretty much right up to the limit federal courts have found the First Amendment to impose on them.

[not2b]

Might want to talk to folks in Singapore, where the government infamously uses strict libel laws to bankrupt and jail its critics.