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Re:Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption' by MinorTom on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:36PM (#29465312)
The US libel laws are much more publisher-friendly - I cannot legally claim that Oury Jalloh [0] was murdered in Germany (even though he almost definitely was), whereas in the US the accused police has a higher burden in proving he wasn't.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Oury_Jalloh

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Re:Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption' by mpweiher on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @10:41AM (#29486073)
Why do you say that you cannot do this?

a.) Lots of people appear to be doing it:

https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=mord%20an%20Oury%20Jalloh

What exactly do you fear the repercussions would be?

b.) Accusations of a crime presented as a fact appear to be "libel per se" in the US, so quite actionable:

https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Criminal+libe...

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