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Libel reform has been something of a hot topic of late; even the terminally inward-looking Labour government are looking at reform.  There have been a number of episodes that have shown that British libel law is being used to suppress criticism, both at home and increasingly from abroad (the nature of the global internet allowing people to claim that any website available in the UK is published in the UK).  It’s a serious threat to freedom of speech.  This much has been picked over at length – the question is, what would I actually do about it?

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