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The truth remains the best defense against bogus defamation claims. And strong anti-SLAPP laws ensure the person being wrongfully accused of defamation gets to walk away with some of the anti-speech bully's money. That's what happened here in this case highlighted by Eric Goldman. In an extremely ill-advised move, plaintiff Chad Burmeister created a Facebook…

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Cops in Nevada had better start behaving. The state's Supreme Court has handed down a ruling that not only guarantees residents the right to sue under state law, but won't allow officers to easily escape lawsuits by asking for qualified immunity. Here's the background of the case, as summarized by Nick Sibilla at Forbes: What…

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Automated web scraping can be problematic. Just look at Clearview, which has leveraged open access to public websites to create a facial recognition program it now sells to government agencies. But web scraping can also be quite useful for people who don't have the power or funding government agencies and their private contractors have access…

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