just so this doesn’t overwhelm our front page too much, i think now’s a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let’s try to keep what’s happening in this thread instead of across 10.

developments to this point:

The Verge is on it as usual, also–here’s their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org):

other media coverage:

  • semibreve42@lemmy.dupper.netEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    In the US, with slander and libel, there are two standards.

    If someone is a public figure, they need to show actual damages in order to be successful, this is the scenario you’re describing.

    If you are not a public figure, then you can sue for slander or libel without needing to show actual damages, just harm to your reputation or similar.

    So the answer on that turns on whether Christian Selig is a public figure or not - I do not know the answer to that question.

    • Petri@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      IANAL but even though their statements are “in public” but I doubt either of them would qualify as public figures - that is reserved for politicians and such.

      That being said, spez here seems to have actually slandered iamthatis. This occurred when when spez claimed that iamthatis was “blackmailing” reddit for 10M$, which incidentally lead iamthatis to post audio recordings proving that spez was lying.

      Maybe I’ve got some of those details wrong, so correct me if I’m wrong.

    • PoopyMcDickles@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Christian is Canadian so the laws might be a bit different. I know a few people in Reddit mentioned that the laws would be more favorable to Christian since he’s Canadian, but I’m not a lawyer so I don’t know how accurate that is.