
The Clash Between Privacy and Freedom of the Press
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
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The Concept of Truthful Libel
In 18 90, the right to privacy was written by sam warn and louis brandice. But back before that, there was this notion at the very beginning of the united states that many courts call truthful libel. The idea was that libel is something that's reputation harming. Back then, truth just helped prove libel. And so i make the argument that truthful libel is very much hand in hand with the right to Privacy that we think about to day. That's better h e l p dot com, slash anarchis can you explain the notion of truthful libel?
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