Tell that to Alex Jones who got fined $1'500'000'000 (yes, billion) in the US for his Sandy Hook lies.
That was one bizarre case indeed. I had to look it up a bit.
So the supreme court ruled in 1990 that ‘there is no separate constitutional privilege for “opinion” if a statement implies an assertion of objective, verifiable fact that can be proven false.’
So they got him on defamation, but it still doesn’t fully make sense to me.
Either you have freedom of speech or you don’t.
So the supreme court ruled in 1990 that ‘there is no separate constitutional privilege for “opinion” if a statement implies an assertion of objective, verifiable fact that can be proven false.’
So they got him on defamation, but it still doesn’t fully make sense to me.
Either you have freedom of speech or you don’t.
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