Yes, just citing someone is not sufficient, though from what I read it does still pretty substantially matter to how these kinds of suits go.
The more relevant dimension where this matters is that the prosecution would have to prove that Ben knew the information was inaccurate, which is a lot harder if the post is pretty clear about its sources and epistemic status and evidence that was available.
Yes, just citing someone is not sufficient, though from what I read it does still pretty substantially matter to how these kinds of suits go.
The more relevant dimension where this matters is that the prosecution would have to prove that Ben knew the information was inaccurate, which is a lot harder if the post is pretty clear about its sources and epistemic status and evidence that was available.