London student reported to police: “Enchanted by anarchism and individualism”

Post by carbocation » Mon, Sep 09, 2013, 11:16 AM UTC

AimHere wrote: post #136

carbocation wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Truth is an absolute defense to the claim of libel or slander in the US, but not in all worldwide jurisdictions.

It's also the case in the UK. What makes you think I was thinking of US libel law? I'm not American

English libel law is substantially more friendly to the plaintiff than to the defendant.

I referenced US libel law as a counterpoint to the rest of the world because I thought you were not thinking of the US. There have been several high profile cases of journalists and scientists saying true but defamatory things in the UK about quacks and charlatans and being hounded in the courts. In response to this, the UK has actually passed legislation attempting to remedy the situation, but this has not yet taken effect.

Post by codex » Thu, Sep 12, 2013, 12:12 AM UTC

dmix wrote: post #45

SiVal wrote: post #34

This sort of thing is alive and well in US schools, too. The official policy of the Seattle Public School system is to stamp out racism in all its forms, and notice how many forms there are. (Note in particular the Cultural Racism section that includes, "emphasizing individualism as opposed to a more collective ideology" as a form of racism that, by official policy, is to be stamped out by the government education sy…

In Canada this week, my girlfriend is required to visit the dean of a [top Canadian law school] for calling a girl a "bitch" on Twitter. Backstory is interesting, because the girl had bullied her in person at school. GF never identified the girl on Twitter only saying "Some bitch blah blah at school today". But because she mentioned the school name, the dean found out and now wants to talk to her. There's apparently…

Likely the school has a code of conduct which includes a prohibition on bullying. That's a bit different from censorship.

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