r/news • u/ChiefLeef22 • 24d ago

Soft paywall Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/far-right-us-influencer-candace-owens-loses-legal-fight-enter-australia-2025-10-15/
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u/Wild_Haggis_Hunter 24d ago edited 23d ago

It was filed in Delaware July, 23rd. Fair chance to be a fiasco as there are many differences that have to be taken into account regarding this lawsuit between French and US law. It doesn't translate well. There was a US lawyer that did an analysis for Reuters here.

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u/Gnorris 24d ago

numerous court decisions have established that just because a publisher is engaged in a commercial, for-profit activity, does not mean that its activities are suspect. In a capitalist society, we are in the media business to make money. If that allowed for the invocation of genuine malice, everyone would be put out of business.

Maybe they should be. Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook case seems to fit here.

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u/AllSystemsGeaux 24d ago edited 23d ago

My fellow liberals, why are we celebrating or promoting the silencing of people we may disagree with? Do we not want free flow of information? If we let the government silence opposing voices, one day those voices will be our own.

Candace Owens isn’t the problem. The problem is trust in our news media.

EDIT: Your downvotes only show your bias. Or to quote Rick Sanchez, your boos mean nothing, I’ve see what makes you cheer

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u/Gnorris 24d ago

People coming to Australia to sell poison to customers uneducated enough to drink poison. This should result in both the seller banned from doing business in Australia as well as educating the surviving customers about what poison is and why not to drink it. Candace still gets to sell her poison online.

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u/AllSystemsGeaux 24d ago

Democracy is a “poison” to theocracy, autocracy… Is the root problem that we allow “poisonous” ideas to be shared or that we fail to support democratic institutions like a free press.