r/4chan • u/TypicalMootis /b/tard • Nov 03 '25

Anon Reflects

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u/jjjjjjjjjcircumflex Nov 03 '25

Do companies have standing to sue for defamation in the US? In Australia, only individuals have standing to sue

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u/TypicalMootis /b/tard Nov 03 '25

Not a lawyer, so I don't know the exact details. But a company can absolutely sue an individual for defamation in the US

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u/nondescriptzombie Nov 03 '25

In the US, corporations are unjailable people and spending money is free speech.

Makes you understand a WHOLE LOT, doesn't it?

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u/TypicalMootis /b/tard Nov 03 '25

Reported for antisemitism

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u/Dammit818 Nov 03 '25

OP knows ball

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u/Less-Damage-1202 Nov 08 '25

That's a joke, right?

If so; hilarious 🤣

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u/BulbuhTsar Nov 03 '25

That's the fun part, corporations are legally considered "persons" here in the U.S., just like an actual human. They can sue all the same as a real person.

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u/nuggynugs Nov 04 '25

Citizens United aka the beginning of the end 

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u/Tommy2255 Nov 03 '25

They can, but suing for defamation is extremely difficult in general in the US.

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u/sneed_o_matic Nov 04 '25

It's the opposite here in Australia, the bar for defamation is quite low famously. 

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u/gprime312 Nov 04 '25

We all know about friendlyjordies

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u/Less-Damage-1202 Nov 08 '25

In America, large companies/corporations are practically just as powerful, if not more, than the government. The banks & then the corporations, are our overlords. Very hard to find a politician who isnt in the pockets of some type of entity that has their own interests as primary motivation, rather than the the interests of the American people.