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Santiago Z Reich

@szreich.bsky.social

Yeah...

A labeler isn't an independent entity that can be sued, so if vicarious defamation liability is a thing, maybe it could happen.

I think I owe @mommunism.bsky.social a bit of an apology here. She has a point—this legal question is more complicated than I realized.

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Molly Shah's avatar Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social
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I mean- I have zero idea how it would all shake out- and I am wrong about the opinion stuff at least to a certain degree- but like… I think it could possibly be tricky

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Connor Lynch's avatar Connor Lynch @connorlynch.bsky.social
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Doesn’t really need to be vicarious though; you just sue the mod that applied the label. How many eventually saw it just goes to dmgs

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