From what I’ve heard, Britain has very strong libel and slander laws – much stronger ones than in North America. If that is the case (Please let me know if it isn’t) than why do british tabloids seems so much worse about publishing blatantly false and defamatory things about british public figures?
It certainly still happens in North America, especially online, but looking at a magazine rack, the ones where you look at them a think “yeah, that’s absolutely fake” are always british, and I don’t get how that is when their laws are stronger
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There are different standards for private citizens and public figures. The standards for private citizens are essentially that the statement is false and could cause harm. For public figures, it is closer to maliciously published false information with the intent to cause great harm. It’s almost impossible to demonstrate intent.
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