sonovebitch@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 年前How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down19
arrow-up1305arrow-down1imageHow does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often?lemmy.worldsonovebitch@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square133fedilink
minus-squarecrypticthree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up90·edit-21 年前Also public figures have to prove “actual malice” in a defamation or libel case. Actual malice is an incredibly hard thing to prove.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·1 年前I imagine if it were easier, there would be like another couple hundred of thousand lawsuits against Trump lol
minus-squareKnowledgeableNip@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-21 年前And by Trump, too. He’d definitely try and cash in if it were possible.
Also public figures have to prove “actual malice” in a defamation or libel case. Actual malice is an incredibly hard thing to prove.
I imagine if it were easier, there would be like another couple hundred of thousand lawsuits against Trump lol
And by Trump, too. He’d definitely try and cash in if it were possible.