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		Elhana on Feb 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Finland’s most-wanted hacker nabbed in France If he ends up not guilty, your not-so-private judgement is a defamation.

mannerheim on Feb 6, 2023 [–]

In the US, defamation requires either knowledge of falsehood or reckless disregard for the truth. It's not reckless disregard for the truth to say someone who's been arrested for a crime did that crime, even if it may be premature.

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