Questions tagged [defamation]
Tortious damage to a reputation. When the defamation is specifically written use "libel"; use "slander" when it is specifically spoken.
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Is not knowing what a word means a defense to defamation?
I am an American, and I recently learned that to call someone a "nonce" is to accuse them of being a sex offender (usually involving a child). I had previously been under the impression that ...
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Does this comment on Academia SE qualify as defamation?
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Not specific to MDPI, but reported by reviewers for MDPI among other publishers: the journal wants to collect the page charges for the submission, so prefers to find ...
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What cause of action was available to the woman fictionalized as Eve in the film "All About Eve"
I'm reading a book called All About 'All About Eve'. It describes making of the 1950 film All About Eve, and as far as I know it is accurate. Everything I say here is based on this book.
The film was ...
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Is "monopoly" a statement of truth or opinion, and if truth is a merger evidence that there is no monopoly?
My question is two-fold,
Is "monopoly" a statement of opinion?
Having an subjective criteria evaluated by regulators, is "monopoly" a charge that an organization can claim to be ...
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If a defendant refuses to retract alleged errors, does that help establish 'reckless disregard' for the truth?
President Trump's most recent defamation case argued that the New York Times acted with actual malice because "even though Defendants received notice from President Trump that their work ...
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How does Trump come up with the sizes of his lawsuits?
Last year, Donald Trump sued CBS over an issue with a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election. He initially sued for $10 billion, and later increased that to $20 ...
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Can defamation occur without specific intent for false statements about ordinarily non-damaging things?
I've recently argued for a while with a friend about whether defamation requires intent in cases where a false statement would normally be unforeseen to have any potential impact.
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Can Trump sue South Park?
(To be clear I am not from the U.S. and I am quite unfamiliar with its laws.)
South Park's season 27 episode 1 "Sermon on the 'Mount" ridicules Trump as someone who sleeps with the devil, ...
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Are 3rd parties allowed to refer to a decision, the corresponding agency has agreed on a „stillhaltezusage“?
In early May the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) publicly announced that they found the political party „AfD“ to be proven inimical to the constitution.
The AfD of course disagrees and (to cut a ...
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Can reporting uncritically on an unjustified arrest be illegally defamatory?
Imagine a case of an unjustified arrest. Say that a person is arrested in retaliation for doing something that is not a crime. The arresting authority announces what the person was arrested for, just ...
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Can someone slander another person on Facebook?
My specific questions are the following:
Can someone take my picture off my Facebook Page and put it on their Facebook page?
What if they do this, slander me, and publish my address?
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Can members of the executive branch be held liable for defamation, regarding statements made in an official capacity?
Recently, representatives of the US executive branch have made statements in their official capacities, asserting that Kilmar Ábrego García is a "terrorist", a member of MS-13, and a ...
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Does fiction have to be realistic to be liable for reputation damage? [duplicate]
In fiction, does a written plot element have to be realistic or even possible to cause reputation damage to a trademarked brand? For example, if one were to write a story about Johnson & Johnson ...
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Assessment of wording for public announcement regarding defamation claims [closed]
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A WhatsApp community of around 1,500 people focused on regular sports events.
No money involved, not an enterprise—just a community with different groups.
One person who organized events ...
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Defamation - Plaintiff or Defendant's State? [closed]
I don't think it's going anywhere but I have a guy I tried buying something from around 5 months ago. He supposedly shipped it but I never received it, there was an error on the tracking number so I ...
