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Right-Wing Trolls Are Freaking Out After Learning They Can Get Sued For Calling People 'Groomers' On The Internet (pressprogress.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Other right-wing accounts variously reacted by describing the move as Orwellian, lamenting the death of free speech and even contemplating leaving Canada for good.

Oh no. Not that. Please no.

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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Gotta love Canadians that think they are ruled by American laws. Every Canadian should know slander and libel laws here are much more restrictive on speech.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    about as inspiring as Canadians that WANT to be ruled by American laws.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This seems to be the whole point of the Conservative Party these days. Wannabe US Republicans.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Defamation isn't protected under US laws either. It might not be super well enforced, especially on the internet, but that's also not really exclusive to the US. A lot of countries are just now really getting into the legalities of what happens on the internet, for better or worse in certain cases. But generally speaking, laws also apply to what you say online of course.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    There is a fundamental difference in the way defamation is treated in Canada(and other Common law countries like the UK and Australia) and the US. This is a simplification, but basically in the US you generally need to prove that the statement was knowingly false (in addition to other defamation requirements like proving damages). This is nearly impossible to do in most situations. In Common law the person who said the statement needs to prove they had a reasonable justification for thinking the statement true. This reverses who the onus of proof is on and makes winning defamation cases in Canada actually plausible.

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