Can you go to jail for defamation in your country?

In my country, you can be jailed for a year or more for it.

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kate21 · 26-30, F

Nope. In America it’s a civil defense, so at most you could get sued by the person you defamed, but even that carries a very high burden of proof. You’d have to show the person knowingly defamed you, basically meaning that they knew what they said was false.

FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M

@kate21 Reminds me of Wacky Packages...