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by twelvechairs 4592 days ago
we already have laws that deal with this sort of thing (which has been going on in print media for hundreds of years). online reviews are no different
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Yes, but anonymity on the web makes it much harder enforce these laws online.
Computer printers enabling home publishing might make it harder to enforce libel laws, but a shift in enforcement difficulty need not require new laws.

If I invented a new sort of zip-lock baggy that was completely impermeable to smell, that would make the enforcement of several laws more difficult, but should my invention prompt new laws? No, that would be an overreaction.