Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity...
by dragonwriter on Monday June 07, 2021 @04:03AM
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> Defamation - A famously high bar in the US. It has to be a knowing and intentional falsehood
No, it doesn’t. Even the narrow standard applied when a public figure is the subject (“actual malice”) can be satisfied either by the speaker/publisher knowing the material is false or speaking/publishing it with reckless disregard for whether it is true or false.
No, it doesn’t. Even the narrow standard applied when a public figure is the subject (“actual malice”) can be satisfied either by the speaker/publisher knowing the material is false or speaking/publishing it with reckless disregard for whether it is true or false.