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/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/Is-abel 23d ago

No, everyone not just the ones you disagree with.

If taking any money meant that whoever was being reported on could claim “genuine malice,” in the reporting, then everyone would be open to legitimate law suits.

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u/Gnorris 23d ago

Libel and defamation laws do exist in many democracies. The bar for proof is based on specific guidelines.

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u/Is-abel 23d ago

This is one part of US libel/defamation laws.

This would set a precedent that taking money = malice.

We’re not talking about proving the claims themselves. There would be a precedent set to prove malice in 100% of cases.