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Re:Criminalize Fake News by talltimtom on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:36PM (#18924886)
> Showing that something is done purposefully and knowingly instead of negligently and recklessly is hard.

That goes for murders just as well, it’s not an argument against fake news or murder being criminal.

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Re:Criminalize Fake News by luckylion on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:13PM (#18928013)
That's true. "Intent to publish" is probably pretty easy to prove, but "knowledge of falsehood"? Short of lie detector tests (that are questionable iirc), how would one do that?
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