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JumpCrisscross
on Feb 6, 2023
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Finland’s most-wanted hacker nabbed in France
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we (outsiders) should not call unconvictected…people a hacker or extorsionist
Beyond reasonable doubt to take someone’s freedom. Not to privately judge them.
Elhana
on Feb 6, 2023
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If he ends up not guilty, your not-so-private judgement is a defamation.
mannerheim
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In the US, defamation requires either knowledge of falsehood or reckless disregard for the truth. It's not reckless disregard for the truth to say someone who's been arrested for a crime did that crime, even if it may be premature.
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Beyond reasonable doubt to take someone’s freedom. Not to privately judge them.