“This man is getting sued for exercising free speech...”
No, defamation is NOT free speech. That’s why you can’t make a “1st amendment” defense in defamation cases.
No, defamation is NOT free speech. That’s why you can’t make a “1st amendment” defense in defamation cases.
Saying a shooting is a hoax is not defamation. What damage was done to anyone with what was said?
Defamation, as I understand it, is harming somebody’s reputation with falsehoods which the defamer knew to be false or which they recklessly presumed without making an effort to validate it. I am not sure Jones actually harmed their reputation much...just his own.