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Re:Dear Chess World by kweingar on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:28PM (#33002466)
This doesn’t make sense.

If they tell the truth, there is no libel, and they don’t need anybody’s permission to speak.

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Re:Dear Chess World by eyegouging on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @11:30PM (#33003941)
Apparently this (the idea that telling the truth is necessarily not libelous) is untrue in some jurisdictions? Or perhaps they fear that they are not 100% correct?
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