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Dominion: will one Canadian company bring down Trump’s empire of disinformation? – The Guardian
Dominion has filed defamation lawsuits against several Trump allies for pushing election ‘radioactive falsehoods’ – could it triumph?
When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the big lie of voter fraud and a stolen election, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity.
Politicians and activists pleas fell on deaf ears. TV networks and newspapers fact-checked in vain. Social media giants proved impotent.
But now a little-known tech company, founded 18 years ago in Canada, has the conspiracy theorists running scared. The key: suing them for defamation, potentially for billions of dollars.
Libel laws may…
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