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Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In... by notch898a on Thursday February 23, 2023 @11:16PM (#34920701)
If someone makes a false claim that results in personal expenses for me that sounds like libel or defamation. Allow me to find out who they were so I can sue them. I value my time at least for say $1000 per CPS visit and $300 per hour I have to spend dealing with the investigation they knowingly initiated with their libel.

The laws hiding the identity of people abusing children by making these trumped up reports should be re-evaluated.

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Re:Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood In... by HWR_14 on Friday February 24, 2023 @12:09AM (#34921044)
> If someone makes a false claim that results in personal expenses for me that sounds like libel or defamation.

Then you don't know what libel or defamation is. But, yes, if someone makes a false report against you and that results in injuries to your reputation you can totally sue them for slander, libel or defamation (depending on how the report was filed).

As far as I know, no laws hide the identity of people reporting crimes. However, for very good reasons, we allow people to report crimes anonymously.

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