• Doug Holland@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like you know what you’re talking about, and I don’t — doesn’t defamation have to be ‘intentional’? Sounds like, at worst, a misstatement that can be rewinded with a published correction.

    • luciferofastora@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      If I’m reading this right, this is what the countersuit would have to prove. Basically, the grounds would be “Yeah, he did say something untrue, so now I’ll let you try to prove that he did so intentionally”