In the past, we’ve had issues with women suffrage, slavery, and sanitation, among many other things.
Today we have gun control, AI, intended/unintended false information, vaccines, etc. as consistently hot topics.
In a few decades’ time, what views do you have now that may spark major social debate in the future? What conservative and/or progressive stances do you take today that might be too far on either extreme in the far future?
The right to lie. Lies are the root cause of almost every ill we have. Every human caused catastrophe starts with a lie. We must criminalize lying on some levels for the sake of our existence.
If someone injures you through a false statement of fact you can sue them for libel.
It is hard to do more than that without encroaching on free speech: people are entitled to their opinions. That said , free speech is not absolute and has linits.
That’s lying about you, I think they also mean lying to you.
Well there’s also things like fraud, perjury, false statements, and lying to hinder an investigation.
Slander is when damage is spoken. Libel involves dissemination through print or writing.
Seems like conspiracy statutes tend to cover lying pretty well, and lying under oath is perjury. What other ways could lying be covered?
I dont have answers. Im just making an observation. Smarter folks than me should perhaps consider the subject.