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Tloewald · 2013-11-06 05:44:08+00:00

Libel is a civil matter.

chrshawkes | karma 130 | avg karma 0.31 · | 2019-07-01 22:03:08+00:00

Libel is illegal and in the same category.

balls187 | karma 6403 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2016-05-19 21:56:16

libel

selfishgene | karma 232 | avg karma 0.99 · | 2021-02-05 20:08:29+00:00

What about libel?

YeBanKo | karma 1479 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2022-09-10 03:08:59

Libel?

kolanos | karma 2054 | avg karma 3.93 · | 2022-05-20 10:36:44

Libel is a civil matter. The government can't charge you with libel.

acct1771 | karma 1085 | avg karma 0.79 · | 2018-07-02 08:07:45

Libel laws.

FLUX-YOU | karma 2705 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2018-01-31 16:57:22+00:00

Why wouldn't it be libel?

kolanos | karma 2054 | avg karma 3.93 · | 2022-12-02 08:40:26

> Things like libel/slander. Threats. Blackmail.

Libel and slander are civil matters in the United States.

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dragonwriter | karma 118260 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2016-12-28 17:46:36

In many jurisdictions (including many US jurisdictions) there are both civil and criminal libel laws.

spaced-out | karma 1179 | avg karma 3.22 · | 2019-02-21 15:26:51+00:00

Libel and slander aren't illegal, they're civil matters.

gamblor956 | karma 15899 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2020-08-28 12:02:11

Libel is a tort, not a crime (in the US, but it is a crime in India).

chengmi | karma 993 | avg karma 5.77 · | 2008-03-02 09:55:54+00:00

defamation, libel

philip1209 | karma 11376 | avg karma 5.07 · | 2012-11-13 14:26:51+00:00

Could this be considered libel?

LamaOfRuin | karma 692 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2016-06-07 13:31:03+00:00

Defamation laws can be criminal.

pjc50 | karma 93685 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2016-12-28 16:02:33+00:00

Libel is civil liability not criminal, and is extremely expensive to litigate. It's both sometimes over-reaching and completely inadequate for dealing with the current scale of untruth.

velis_vel | karma 132 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2013-12-26 19:27:42+00:00

Haha, I don't think you know what libel is.

uptown | karma 76445 | avg karma 11.62 · | 2013-03-20 14:58:42

Defamation.

pyre | karma 21143 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2011-05-13 22:37:15+00:00

I wasn't aware that libel suits were brought by prosecutors. I though that it was civil law. Or am I mistaking that for slander?

tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2022-12-30 00:04:12

Defamation is a tort. :P