Illegal things are illegal on the internet. Slander is illegal.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Just for a tweet? Seems a little extreme. Was this person that influential that people actually started thinking this?
Kuinox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 10 months ago
You may as well sue everyone then, especially on the internet and even more so on Twitter.
BonerMan@ani.social 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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 10 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.