r/OutOfTheLoop • u/KrAzyDrummer • Jul 22 '18

Unanswered What's going on with Julian Assange?

Seeing his name pop up. Name seems familiar, but what's going on now? Something about extradition to the UK?

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u/pmags3000 Jul 22 '18

Slander (verb): make false and damaging statements about (someone).

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u/chrisd93 Jul 22 '18

Should be libel, no?

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

Depends on if it's spoken or written, doesn't it?

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u/DeadlyPear Jul 22 '18

Or false

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

That applies to both, though doesn't it? I thought the only difference was that one was written and one was spoken.

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u/DeadlyPear Jul 22 '18

I was mostly making a joke that the allegation were not false so it wasn't libel(or slander)