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Episode 1889 Scott Adams: Ye West, AI Fooled Me, And The Real Reason For The Ukraine War

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Is There a Law Against Creating Fake Local News Sites?

Axios has apparently discovered that there's a bunch of fake local news sites run by Democrats. Why is there no law against creating fake websites? I get why we don't have laws against saying something incorrect in the news or even lying in the news. It'd be too hard to police that. But I feel like creating a fake news site is interfering with an election. And that's different than just lying about a news story. Now, I don't think it's illegal. Probably not. But the first amendment doesn't cover fraud. Fraud is still illegal.

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