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ericmay on Feb 22, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The US Supreme Court doesn’t understand the intern...

> If you said something libelous about me on HN, I can sue HN for publishing and promoting the comment?

Why is it different if a "newspaper" does it if HN is curating the content algorithmically? I'm honestly not sure what the difference is.

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