Illegal things are illegal on the internet. Slander is illegal.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Just for a tweet? Seems a little extreme. Was this person that influential that people actually started thinking this?
Kuinox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 9 months ago
You may as well sue everyone then, especially on the internet and even more so on Twitter.
BonerMan@ani.social 9 months ago
Calling other people pedophiles without anything backing that would get you a lawsuit even in USA, in every other country in the world much more so.
Its good that you cant just talk whatever shit you like about a person, especially regarding such extreme topics like pedophilia.
Kuinox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s not because internet become the wild west that bringing law is “wild and petty” defamation is illegal irl, and on internet.
Susaga@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Slander is spoken. Written, it’s libel.
And there’s a difference between libel and stating facts about someone that they don’t like. I can’t say for certain which those tweets are, especially since I can’t actually read them right now.
Mango@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Japan has really strict defamation laws. You can somehow get in trouble just for staying verified facts if they make someone look bad. Japan is fucked.
BonerMan@ani.social 9 months ago
If you can verify a fact its not illegal unless in very specific circumstances.
Calling someone a pedophile without any proof and just because you hate them is very obviously not ok and will get you in legal trouble in almost every country in the world.