Internet companies have managed to avoid prosecution for libel. But an increasing number of people get their news online.

网络公司已试图避免因为诽谤而遭到起诉，但是越来越多的人在网络上发布信息。

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Several American states have passed or are pondering laws protecting their citizens from English libel judgments.

美国的几个州已经通过或者正在讨论法律以保护国民免于英国诽谤法的审判。

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English libel laws have taken quite a beating for many years for being so friendly to plaintiffs.

英国诽谤法一直备受争议，多年来，公众认为该法对于原告太过仁慈。

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"And to call this a program of torture is to libel the dedicated professionals who have saved American lives.

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A former insurance salesman, Koroma came to power two years ago with a reform agenda, promising to do away with what some have described as a "draconian" libel law.

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The states of New York and Illinois have passed laws giving residents the right to go to local courts to have foreign libel judgments declared unenforceable if issued by courts where free-speech standards are lower than in America.

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His career has spanned three decades, and his cases have ranged from libel in Westmoreland v.

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