How Do You Draw the Line With Libel and Slander?

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Youno. How legally do you, ah, draw the line with libel and slander? So that's not hate speech, it's an actual crime. And here in this country, we have very strict standards for defamation and libel,. The person in orted to sustain a claim that they have been libelled has to prove that the a person who is accused knew that the claim was false. Youno. In britain, the laws are substantially more liberal, and there's, you know, people sort of talk about a ono british libel law for that reason.

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