Slander is spoken, and libel is written, so this would be libel if it is either. “There’s libel in the library.”
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Slander is spoken, and libel is written, so this would be libel if it is either. “There’s libel in the library.”
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well I wrote it that way because the applicable laws may be different depending on where in the world that server pirmarily operates in.
Due to the nature of Discord, messages posted on it could be considered permanent or temporary, and libel almost exclusively applies to permanent writing such as a blog post or news article in the USA (but may be different in other places).