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Misinformation Laws Not Necessary, Says Meth Addict Peter Dutton (theshovel.com.au)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] darthsid@lemmy.world 30 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I can’t wait until the onion gets infowars

[–] invalid_name@lemm.ee 19 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I hope they deep fake Alex Jones and accuse the other one of being the fake.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure impersonating people could result in defamation.

[–] invalid_name@lemm.ee 7 points 4 hours ago

But its not impersonating people. Jones has said under oath that the 'Alex jones' character is fictional ™©®'d fictional character he plays for entertainment, whose views are not his own.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

yeah but when was the last time you heard someone win a defamation case