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you can go on a website and spread complete and total garbage about someone and law-enforcement can't do anything.... because anything said on the internet is protected by first ammendment rights better than a newspaper or the media whether it be television or radio. |
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1st Amendment doesn't protect spreading false information for the purposes of defamation. We can't just make a post that says Mr. Smith is a child molester without proof. We could be forced to remove the post at the least, at the most we might face a lawsuit for defamation of character. Now. Posting something as an
opinion is another matter.
Course, I've only talked briefly with a lawyer regarding this issue, so I'm not exactly an expert on how the laws exactly would apply.
Needless to say, we do try and cover ourselves as best as possible on the legality of things around here.