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Nato Powell@hardwarehuman.bsky.social |
Is one of your ( and @akivamcohen.bsky.social’s) main points that if it is confirmed to be really really important (i.e. a revelation of an actual crime, not just something the leaker thinks is bad) then that’s a legal defense, or are you actually saying something more nearly the opposite?
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Michael P. Stein
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There are exceptions to doctor/patient confidentiality explicitly written into the law having to do with crimes - gunshot wound reporting, suspected child abuse, threat to 3rd party ("duty to warn"), etc. But there are legal ways to report these, and going to a journalist isn't on the list.
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Kathryn Tewson
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It might be a defense to conviction or a factor for leniency. But it can’t be a defense against *prosecution* or you’re basically creating QI for ideologues.
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