Defamation is technically a violation of free speech as the First Amendment does not protect against it, though defamation acts more so as a limit on free speech and should not be taken lightly. It is considered to be civilly tortious and unlawful because it violates a person’s intellectual property, makes false statements, and...

Constitutionally, false speech accounts for any false statement of fact. Typically, these statements can potentially be considered defamatory because they are not protected by the First Amendment if they also cause damage to a person’s reputation. In this case, false speech is morally and legally wrong and should be avoided at all costs due...

If any act of defamation, whether slander or libel, has caused severe emotional distress and/or amounted to any financial loss, it is worth suing for defamation. Consider, for instance, a scenario in which a false, defamatory comment leads to an exemplary employee losing their job. This directly translates to loss of income and reasonable...

The main difference separating defamation from freedom of speech is the following constituents: falsity of a statement any damage to a person’s reputation, including but not limited to loss of job, loss of income, their welfare is jeopardized, and/or their good name is tarnished.

When it comes to defamation, the concept of free speech typically becomes obscure and difficult to follow. This is widely due to the First Amendment’s protection of any speech, being frequently misconstrued as the ability to say anything we want without facing consequences. However, there are two exceptions to these rights, and free speech...