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Drudge, Facebook, NYT readers could face libel suits for sharing ‘fake news’ under Dem plan

Published by Anne Johnson on

Fox News (in a Washington Examiner story) highlighted a paper by Abby K. Wood of the USC Gould School and colleagues proposing government regulation of “fake news” on the internet. Wood and colleagues argue that sharing an item that has been flagged as “untrue” may make an individual liable under libel laws.

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