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0 pointsunreal3713y ago0 comments

Telling her privately that her account is associated with a fraudulent account has not caused her any harm, thus its not libeled her.

Only if they published it to the world, she could claim her reputation has been harmed.

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Actually, it did because she lost all her books and she isn't able to get them back.

Evbn13y ago

The loss of books has nothing to do with the speech act of libel.

"Second, the person must prove that the statement caused harm."

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0 pointsunreal3713y ago0 comments

Telling her privately that her account is associated with a fraudulent account has not caused her any harm, thus its not libeled her.

Only if they published it to the world, she could claim her reputation has been harmed.

Actually, it did because she lost all her books and she isn't able to get them back.

Evbn13y ago

The loss of books has nothing to do with the speech act of libel.

"Second, the person must prove that the statement caused harm."

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