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		hotdogscout on July 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a To... Defamation is offensive, Spam is not suppressed speech(?).

jakelazaroff on July 25, 2023 [–]

You can defame a corporation, in which case there’s no one to take offense. As for spam: look up the long list of rules in the CAN-SPAM act, for example.

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