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US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces

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763 points tartoran | 4 comments | 23 Oct 25 14:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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liampulles ◴[23 Oct 25 14:54 UTC] No.45682538[source]▶
While there may well not have been ethical intentions behind this removal (who knows), I think reporting to the press directly is probably better than reporting it to a government, so as to avoid giving the government a chance to cover things up.
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wahnfrieden ◴[23 Oct 25 14:56 UTC] No.45682573[source]▶
That’s next:

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/22/headlines/trump_says_...

> Trump Says It Is “Really Illegal” for Journalists to Give His Administration Negative Coverage

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/really-i...

> The president concluded that when coverage of someone is “bad” 97% of the time, “that’s no longer free speech.”

> “They’ll take a great story and they’ll make it bad,” he told reporters, referring to media outlets. “See, I think that’s really illegal.”

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1. hulitu ◴[23 Oct 25 15:48 UTC] No.45683238[source]▶
> > Trump Says It Is “Really Illegal” for Journalists to Give His Administration Negative Coverage

This is not far away from "defamation" in western world. I'm not siding with Trump here, but every western politician seem to think that he/she/it can do whatever he/she/it wants and every criticism must be regarded as defamation.

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2. MangoToupe ◴[23 Oct 25 16:07 UTC] No.45683512[source]▶
Well, he's not talking about politicians, he's talking about reporting of his own behavior and actions.
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4. kccoder ◴[23 Oct 25 19:38 UTC] No.45686021[source]▶
> but every western politician seem to think that he/she/it can do whatever he/she/it wants and every criticism must be regarded as defamation.

Do you have sources for the apparently hundreds / thousands of defamation lawsuits brought by western politicians?