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TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The bar for proving defamation is already high enough that there’s no risk of accidentally chilling honest political speech.

Not in Australia, the bar for defo is stupidly low. The defendant basically has to prove their innocence. The law is fucked and the new “public interest” defence failed its first test in court. Defamation law is abused by the rich and powerful to suppress free speech and silence critics.

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