Quote Originally Posted by jcb View Post
"he or she must also prove that the statement was made with "actual malice", meaning that the defendant either knew the statement was false or recklessly disregarded whether or not it was true"

This is exactly what I said:

"S. Court reversed that and said that the standard for libel was publishing something knowingly false, or publishing something false and not doing due diligence to determine whether it was true or false."
I get what you're saying, but the court basically codified slander, and made it **** near impossible to prove it in a court of law, which is WHY people get away with slanderous and libel conversations in our new social media world.

I believe it needs to be modified to fit the new models of communication, that is all I'm saying.