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Brendan Clift

With all these defamation lawsuits, whatever happened to free speech?

With all these defamation lawsuits, whatever happened to free speech?

Its relative stasis had turned the United Kingdom into a “libel tourism” hotspot, and the UK was falling behind on the speech protections mandated by the European Convention on Human Rights.

With more lawsuits potentially looming, should politicians be allowed to sue for defamation?

With more lawsuits potentially looming, should politicians be allowed to sue for defamation?

An oft-cited case in contrast is the United States, where politicians and other public figures can succeed in defamation only if they prove the publisher knew they were communicating a falsehood, or were reckless (careless to a very high degree) as to the truth.