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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by jai_ on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:48AM (#20612700)
I don't understand why defamation and slander are not classified as a criminal issue.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by dsfyu404ed on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:47AM (#20613705)
Because giving the government the authority to regulate such a broad and contextually defined category of speech is basically an end run around the principals of free speech
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by Nasrudith on Monday August 05, 2019 @09:33AM (#20614024)
Because it is abused to turn speaking truth about power into a crime. "Toughening up" libel laws is one of the steps dictators take to secure power from people who do things like point out they are dictators.
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