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Re:How Meta Is Planning for Elections in 2024 by two_handfuls on Thursday November 30, 2023 @09:43AM (#38474091)
We very much need to give the truth a leg up because there are powerful moneyed interests peddling lies.

Also because the threat is diffuse, so it’s not as easy to sue for (say) slander as it was with newspapers.

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Re:How Meta Is Planning for Elections in 2024 by brigandish on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:30AM (#38514582)
> there are powerful moneyed interests peddling lies

When has this not been the case?

> the threat is diffuse, so it’s not as easy to sue for (say) slander as it was with newspapers.

By this, do you mean that anonymity is preventing lawsuits? Regardless, it's never been easy to sue newspapers and win.

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