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Google should be held liable for this. They are the ones who published and hosted this. And should be accountable for every bit of libel they publish.


American attitudes to free speech mean that only the most dramatic, damaging libels can be held accountable, years after the effect. I think the only one I can think of that got justice was Alex Jones libelling Sandy Hook victims.

(no easy answers: UK libel law errs in the other direction)




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