#nytvsullivan — Public Fediverse posts

Section 230 Didn’t Fail Rand Paul. He Just Doesn’t Like the Remedy That Worked.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/22/section-230-didnt-fail-rand-paul-he-just-doesnt-like-the-remedy-that-worked/

#SCOTUS in #NYTvSullivan & subsequent decisions set a standard that in order to win a #libel suit, a public figure must demonstrate the offending statement was made w/ "actual malice," meaning w/ knowledge it was false or with reckless disregard as to whether it was false.

That standard has since been adopted in a number of state laws across the country, including in Nevada.

#law #journalism #FreePress #FirstAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #Trump #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #tyranny

#SteveWynn, the fmr CEO of Wynn Resorts & fmr finance chair of the #RNC, is appealing a decision by Nevada's top court to dismiss his #defamation suit against the #AssociatedPress & one of its #journalists. The court found Wynn failed to show a disputed 2018 news report containing allegations of #SexualAssault had been published w/ "actual malice."

#law #SCOTUS #journalism #FreePress #NYTvSullivan #FirstAmendment #FourteenthAmendment #Trump #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #tyranny

The court established a stringent limit on #defamation claims by public figures more than 60 years ago in its New York Times v. Sullivan decision involving the U.S. Constitution's #FirstAmendment protections for freedom of speech & the press.

#law #journalism #FreePress #NYTvSullivan #FourteenthAmendment #Trump #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/106761/new-york-times-co-v-sullivan/