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Re:WikiTribune – Evidence-based journalism by PJDK on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @07:59AM (#14192642)
British libel law was reformed in 2013 in response to a major campaign related to your complaints. As I understand it the situation is a lot better now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation_Act_2013
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Re:WikiTribune – Evidence-based journalism by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @10:16AM (#14193694)
It's still surprising they'd choose to base a journalism start-up out of the United Kingdom versus a country with enumerated press freedoms.
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Re:WikiTribune – Evidence-based journalism by tom_mellior on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @04:28AM (#14201396)
Yep. Seems like they should have chosen one of the Nordic countries instead: https://rsf.org/en/ranking (Reporters Without Borders still ranks the UK as more free than the US, which does have "enumerated press freedoms", plus a whole number of enumerated and non-enumerated restrictions.)
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Re:WikiTribune – Evidence-based journalism by maxerickson on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @10:17AM (#14193704)
He wants to title his memoir "The Outlaw Jimmy Wales".
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