It's not really constitutionally possible, but sometimes I do wonder whether the answer to this kind of problem is stronger libel laws.
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Replying to @davidshor @eigenrobot
There really are *shockingly strong* legal protections against going around saying obviously false negative things about other people *unless* they become famous, so if you're worried about lies about famous people it seems natural?
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Replying to @davidshor
I'm not worried about lies about famous people however and expect that the primary beneficiaries of any such regulatory infrastructure would probably be sex pests
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Replying to @eigenrobot
This is what triggered my line of thinking. When crazy conspiratorial thinking was directed toward normal people, the legal system actually eventually came down pretty hard and Fox/etc had to pay a seven figure settlement. What if that happened more?https://news.yahoo.com/fox-paid-seven-figures-to-settle-lawsuit-over-bogus-seth-rich-conspiracy-story-003236858.html …
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Replying to @davidshor
this actually seems like the existing system working as you think it ought to, I think?
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Just imagining a world where Donald Trump loses all his money in a libel judgement in 2013 over birtherism and we spend the last half of the 2010's having banal arguments about healthcare.
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Replying to @davidshor
i bet he could bankrupt the democrats and most newspapers in the country over russiagate under this system
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I honestly think a world where both sides had to avoid saying things that were obviously false would be a better world?
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Replying to @davidshor
what would happen is people would simply not say things because who wants to deal with the probability of being sued recommend reviewing the practical history of SLAPP and anti-SLAPP laws
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ken white has written about this stuff at length--I think you could dredge his archives for more, but here's a clear though puerile introduction from 2012https://www.popehat.com/2012/06/07/why-yes-i-am-into-slapping/ …
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