Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by silexia on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:59PM
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We already have a mechanism for harm from lies - libel and slander laws. Just expand these laws to make lying to the public about something that if they believe it could cause them harm a tort.
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Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by camjohnson26 on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:09PM
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The problem is always who decides what’s a lie and what isn’t. Fake news was a mantra for the left before Trump coopted it and started calling everything he disagreed with fake news.
Elon Musk used his powerful Twitter account to call a cave diving hero a pedophile last summer. The man lost the libel suit and Musk walked free, ironically with L Lin Wood as acting prosecutor.