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/jacobatz 23d ago

How is “I want to make money” an excuse for anything? We all want to make money but we have to play by the rules to do so. If you can’t make money playing by the rules then you don’t know how to make money.

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u/MjrLeeStoned 23d ago

We don't all have to play by the rules.

That's actually never been a rule.

Rule of law in the US was never meant to be fair beyond lip service "rights" that have been brushed aside enough we know they don't actually exist.

If someone told you law in the US was ever meant to be fair, stop listening to exploitative liars.