Libel

The actress sued the magazine for libel.

Mr Miura brought an action of libel against a weekly magazine.

* The basic prohibitions (No slander, libel, etc.) are noted in the "Read me first." Please be sure to read it.

In some areas of the world, you can still get sued if you slander or libel a deceased person.

But this is libel!

The blood libel was the antisemitic accusation that Jews ritually murdered children in order to bake their blood into Passover matzos.

The "groomer" moral panic is a revival of a very ancient homophobic and transphobic libel, found in cultures across the world, where homosexuality is equated with pederasty.

A rise in disinformation in the digital media age was cited this month by two Supreme Court justices, who questioned whether a landmark libel case should be reconsidered.

Johnny Depp lost a libel case in the notoriously celebrity-friendly United Kingdom, so he chose the only venue that would give him more deference.

The blood libel is a very old example of hate speech that has led to violence against Jews in every era since it was first uttered. All it took was for the lie to spread and it would dog us forever.