People like this have to be punished very quickly, very disproportionately, and it has to be very clear exactly why they're being punished. It would still take decades to break their side of it, but you can accomplish massive cultural shifts like what happened in Singapore if you have the will to do it.
It also has to be publicised far and wide. Make everyone fully aware with zero doubt that defamation will not be tolerated.
The one danger is if it gets weaponised to silence whistleblowers and legitimate ethical journalism. Truth is only a defence and you can still be found guilty of defamation despite everything you say being true purely because the other side has the most cash. Something we've seen to some extent with the abuse of YouTube's copyright system being abused to silence critics who hit a raw nerve or told the truth about someone that the other person does not want the public to hear and see.
People like this have to be punished very quickly, very disproportionately, and it has to be very clear exactly why they're being punished. It would still take decades to break their side of it, but you can accomplish massive cultural shifts like what happened in Singapore if you have the will to do it.
It also has to be publicised far and wide. Make everyone fully aware with zero doubt that defamation will not be tolerated.
The one danger is if it gets weaponised to silence whistleblowers and legitimate ethical journalism. Truth is only a defence and you can still be found guilty of defamation despite everything you say being true purely because the other side has the most cash. Something we've seen to some extent with the abuse of YouTube's copyright system being abused to silence critics who hit a raw nerve or told the truth about someone that the other person does not want the public to hear and see.
They already silence whistleblowers and legitimate journalists. We might as well try silencing screeching seditious activists too.
*laughs in Boeing*