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by MollyGodiva 506 days ago
Defamation requires the information to be false.
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baobabKoodaa 506 days ago
As a blanket statement that is incorrect. For example, in Finland it doesn't have to be false.
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kstrauser 506 days ago
Possibly true, but not relevant to a case in California.
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lokar 506 days ago
In the US the truth is an absolute defense for liable and defamation (aiui)
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jrflowers 506 days ago
This is a good point. In a similarly salient vein it is legal to drive without a seat belt in New Hampshire and federally illegal to catch lobsters below a certain size in the US.
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