Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "defamation" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "defamation" over time.
Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions that are false, and can extend to concepts that are more abstract than reputation such as dignity and honour. Read more on Wikipedia