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		jedimastert 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post ... Aren't defamation laws in the UK almost shockingly restrictive? How the hell are they able to operate?

hermitcrab 6 months ago [–]

It is so expensive to sue somebody for libel that it is out of reach for most people. No matter how egregious the libel.

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