Hmm, interesting. I'm hitting the brakes before I fall down into an internet rabbit hole of more stuff I know nothing about.
But it does sound connected to the 2013 Defamation Act where one of the defences is 'honest opinion'. My impression is that in the UK, tagging a sentence with 'I believe' or 'I think' wouldn't impress the judges. They'd be more interested in whether the problematic utterance is factually provable or not. Wasserman vs Freilich
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Date: 2024-10-05 08:26 am (UTC)But it does sound connected to the 2013 Defamation Act where one of the defences is 'honest opinion'. My impression is that in the UK, tagging a sentence with 'I believe' or 'I think' wouldn't impress the judges. They'd be more interested in whether the problematic utterance is factually provable or not. Wasserman vs Freilich
Somewhat relevant blog entry.