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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by miracle2k on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:16AM (#20612559)
In the US, false statements are also not covered by the first amandment.

The difference is that in Germany, "AlphaGeekZulu is an asshole", while clearly a statement of opinion, will allow you to go after me. Some restrictons to Meinungsfreiheit are right there in the constitution - protecting personal honor or protection the children.

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by AlphaGeekZulu on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:39AM (#20612661)
"In the US, false statements are also not covered by the first amandment."[...]

So you are talking to the wrong person. You should reply to user "rlonn" who does not believe that there are (or should be) types A and B in free speech.

[...]"AlphaGeekZulu is an asshole", while clearly a statement of opinion, will allow you to go after me.[...]

Yes - diatribe exception. In that case, unfortunately, it is also not enough to transform it into "In my opinion, AlphaGeekZulu is an asshole". Granted, it is so much more complicated than free hate speech ;-)

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by thaumasiotes on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:58AM (#20612730)
> In the US, false statements are also not covered by the first am[e]ndment.

This is incorrect. (Its inverse is also incorrect.) There isn't a legal consensus on false statements.

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by miracle2k on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @04:48AM (#20623431)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_statements_of_fact
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by whenchamenia on Monday August 05, 2019 @01:30PM (#20616138)
This is untrue. False statements are protected, wven yours.
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