Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Supreme Court declines Steve Wynn’s bid to loosen libel standard <br><a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5210452-supreme-court-steve-wynn-libel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/regulation/court-b</span><span class="invisible">attles/5210452-supreme-court-steve-wynn-libel/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SteveWynn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveWynn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLoss</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
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JiKo<p>A Filipino influencer and prominent Duterte supporter with thousands of followers on Facebook said she was uncomfortable with the idea of being held responsible for her posts because "she just writes what she feels."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DuterteArrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuterteArrest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@pinoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pinoy</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/03/21/2430077/i-just-write-blogger-krizette-chu-doesnt-feel-responsible-posts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">philstar.com/headlines/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/21/2430077/i-just-write-blogger-krizette-chu-doesnt-feel-responsible-posts</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>More than 60 years ago, New York Times C. v. Sullivan established that, to succeed in defamation cases, public figures must prove that a published statement is false and that publishers acted with "actual malice." "Murder the Truth," a new book by New York Times journalist and editor David Enrich, discusses the movement to overturn Sullivan, accelerated by Trump, his allies and people who are influenced by them. Nieman Lab spoke to Enrich about his investigation, the journalists he spoke to, and more. "The push to overturn Roe was obviously one of the most coordinated assaults on established Supreme Court precedent, probably in history," Enrich says. "This is definitely not like that — but it’s not an accident that these people were getting up and being given platforms on places like Fox News to make these arguments over and over again."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/AVGQcJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/AVGQcJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libel</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Defamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defamation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MurderTheTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderTheTruth</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYTvSullivan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYTvSullivan</span></a> & subsequent decisions set a standard that in order to win a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> suit, a public figure must demonstrate the offending statement was made w/ "actual malice," meaning w/ knowledge it was false or with reckless disregard as to whether it was false.</p><p>That standard has since been adopted in a number of state laws across the country, including in Nevada.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourteenthAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourteenthAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History January 19, 1764: The British House of Commons expelled John Wilkes for seditious libel. Wilkes was a radical journalist and politician who fought for the right of his voters, rather than the House of Commons, to determine their representatives. In 1768, the authorities arrested him. His supporters protested and soldiers shot them in the St George's Fields Massacre. During the American Revolution, Wilkes supported the American rebels. However, in 1780, he commanded militia forces which helped put down the Gordon Riots, damaging his popularity with many radicals. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rebels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/riots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/militia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>How to survive the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a>: 20 lessons for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a> world. In the wake of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> unnerving appointees, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investigative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigative</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalresearch</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>ABC's decision to cave and apologize has unnerved American journalists. The network owes them an explanation.<br><a href="https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/questions-abc-news-should-answer-16-million-trump-settlement.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cjr.org/business_of_news/quest</span><span class="invisible">ions-abc-news-should-answer-16-million-trump-settlement.php</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stephanopoulos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stephanopoulos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>By <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KyleCheney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KyleCheney</span></a> via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Politico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politico</span></a> @ 5:19pm ET on Dec 13, 2024</p><p>A federal judge has ordered President-elect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> News host <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeStephanopoulos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeStephanopoulos</span></a> to sit for 4-hour depositions next week in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> lawsuit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> brought against the network earlier this yr.</p><p>Miami-based US Magistrate Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LisetteReid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LisetteReid</span></a> issued the order Fri, signaling that Trump’s status as president-elect is not a reason to put off sworn questioning of him in connection with the suit he filed.</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/13/congress/judge-orders-trump-deposition-00194361" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/live-updates/2024</span><span class="invisible">/12/13/congress/judge-orders-trump-deposition-00194361</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In her resignation letter, Strand wrote of a peaceful town disrupted because “some individuals believe that it is OK to treat <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CommunityService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityService</span></a> members with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disrespect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrespect</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slander</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stalking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stalking</span></a> & many other forms of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harassment</span></a> towards people who are just trying to make a difference for the good of the community we live in.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@kentparkstreet1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kentparkstreet1</span></a></span> </p><p>I like this part:<br>"One of the justices, Flávio Dino, argued that "freedom of expression is closely linked to a duty of responsibility".</p><p>"The first can't exist without the second, and vice-versa," he added."</p><p>There are parallels between that approach and laws about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libel</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slander</span></a>.</p><p>USians seem to have thrown their hands up and said, "But there is no one whose judgement I trust to rule on responsibility!"<br>And given the state of their judicial system I have some sympathy.</p>
ProPublica<p>Our Editor Won a 6-Year <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> Battle. It Didn’t Feel Like a Victory.<br>==</p><p>After publishing a story on a doctor accused of violating federal research rules and skirting ethical guidelines, ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein was named in a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> suit. An appeals court recently dismissed the case, but the experience took a toll.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/bud-frazier-dismissed-libel-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/bud-fra</span><span class="invisible">zier-dismissed-libel-lawsuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a></p>
Ron<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biesbosch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biesbosch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/natuurfotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natuurfotografie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/natuur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natuur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vogels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vogels</span></a>
<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/skimmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skimmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdphotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sonyalpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonyalpha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dxophotolab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dxophotolab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Mastodonnaturecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodonnaturecommunity</span></a>
</p><p>Netherlands, Biesbosch<br>Koninginnenpage rups Swallowtail caterpillar</p>
Raccoon🏳️🌈<p>Before anyone tries to pull a "Free Speech" card on it, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ImaneKhelif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImaneKhelif</span></a>, the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a>, Algerian and French governments suing over <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/JKRowling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JKRowling</span></a>, and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> calling her a "man" to scapegoat her into the anti-trans/anti-feminism political discourse isn't a case of "silencing political beliefs", it's a case of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/slander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slander</span></a>. Not only have these been illegal and pretty much every society for as long as law was codified, but they have a basis protecting people from misinformation.</p><p>The best defense for a libel suit, of course, is to show a good enough reason that you would believe this <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> is the reality, to offset the potential harm you knew spreading it could do, but as the primary (incredibly wealthy and powerful) instigators of a piece of wild misinformation, they can't claim "someone else told me".</p><p>This will be interesting to see play out!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IANAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IANAL</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminism</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DragRace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragRace</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Crystal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crystal</span></a> jokes that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LaurenceFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurenceFox</span></a> ‘loves <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/supporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supporting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drag</span></a>’ after <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/payout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payout</span></a>.</p><p>Fox was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sued" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sued</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Crystal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crystal</span></a> (aka <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ColinSeymour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColinSeymour</span></a>) and former <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stonewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stonewall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trustee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trustee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SimonBlake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimonBlake</span></a> after a 2020 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> exchange. They won the case, and in April, Fox was ordered to pay £90,000 to Blake and the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DragRaceUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragRaceUK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/star" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>star</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/crystal-laurence-fox-nicky-doll-drag-libel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/cry</span><span class="invisible">stal-laurence-fox-nicky-doll-drag-libel/</span></a></p>
Ron<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Dragonfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dragonfly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>butterfly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vlinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vlinder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biesbosch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biesbosch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/natuurfotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natuurfotografie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/natuur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>natuur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vogels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vogels</span></a>
<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdphotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sonyalpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonyalpha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dxophotolab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dxophotolab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Mastodonnaturecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodonnaturecommunity</span></a>
</p><p>Netherlands, Biesbosch<br>Vuurlibel /m<br>Scarlet Dragonfly /m</p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@BohemianPeasant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BohemianPeasant</span></a></span> <br>🥥 Eye for one certainly hope that the slandered Mr Andrews has sued Dinesd D'Souza and True The Vote for defaming him in the propaganda film 2000 Mules, for which the publisher has halted distribution and removed both the film and book from its platforms.<br>The libelous far-right project helped popularize the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from convicted felon Trump by Democrats. 🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/2000Mules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2000Mules</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DineshDSouza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DineshDSouza</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Defamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defamation</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Slander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slander</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libel</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrueTheVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueTheVote</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectionLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLies</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"He called for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/boycotts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycotts</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> organizations and changes to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> laws to restrict critical <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporting</span></a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> figures, including himself...</p><p>He tried to deny <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> credentials for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> whose stories he disliked... Federal departments scrubbed from their websites <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resources</span></a> about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AffordableCareAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffordableCareAct</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a>, among other subjects."<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/21/trump-second-presidency-news-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">24/05/21/trump-second-presidency-news-media/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Writing History May 21, 1703: The authorities imprisoned writer Daniel Defoe for seditious libel. Defoe was most famous for his novels Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, and Moll Flanders (1722). However, he also wrote political pamphlets, including The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, which satirized how Tories handled religious dissenters by proposing that they all be exterminated. As a result, the authorities arrested and imprisoned him for seditious libel.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/danieldefoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>danieldefoe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Similarly, if you still follow Tante (Jürgen Geuter), you probably don’t want to follow me. Cause if you are OK with his libelling me as an antisemite and Holocaust denier for opposing Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, I wonder where our common base could ever be.</p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/112133181211078201" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tldr.nettime.org/@tante/112133</span><span class="invisible">181211078201</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/tante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tante</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/J%C3%BCrgenGeuter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JürgenGeuter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libel</span></a></p>
Rosie Walters<p>Chris Riddell</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MichelleDonelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleDonelan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Libel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TaxPayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPayer</span></a></p>
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