「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoIf I publish my memoir and wrote about every bad thing people did to hurt me while the people mentioned are still alive, how much trouble could I get in?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down14
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareIf I publish my memoir and wrote about every bad thing people did to hurt me while the people mentioned are still alive, how much trouble could I get in?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 20 hours agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-219 hours agoIt isn’t even necessarily a question of who’d win. You can tell the absolute truth and technically “win” all the defamation lawsuits you want, and still lose.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoThere are anti-slapp laws to help with this, but they aren’t always used appropriately.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoand sometimes, they still are used appropriately, and still end up with a ruined life. if the other side has fuck-you money and you don’t have fuck-you money, guess what their strategy is going to be?
It isn’t even necessarily a question of who’d win.
You can tell the absolute truth and technically “win” all the defamation lawsuits you want, and still lose.
There are anti-slapp laws to help with this, but they aren’t always used appropriately.
and sometimes, they still are used appropriately, and still end up with a ruined life.
if the other side has fuck-you money and you don’t have fuck-you money, guess what their strategy is going to be?