[azekai]

The US also has a higher bar for what constitutes slander/libel than the UK, which can also have a chilling effect on speech.

[thfuran]

How would a higher bar for defamation have a chilling effect on speech?

[akvadrako]

The opposite - the UK has the chilling effect.

[wahern]

Anything that makes people accountable for what they say will have a chilling effect on speech, just like people handle real guns with much more care and attention than they do toy guns. The real question is whether the benefit is worth the cost.