>>70740643Actually 95% of defamation lawsuits are settled between the parties before it even reaches trial. This btw is how USA does EVERYTHING. Even criminal cases have a 97% plea deal proportion, which is, just bonkers. But point is, that's why its so hard to find USA's statistics for everything since settlements are private.
>>70740415picrel is why btw. In UK defamation is a civil case, which means the standard of evidence goes all kinds of fucked. UK civil court is a joke.
Not as bad tho as Japanese court. Where shit's so fucked that scientifically the easiest way to predict the outcome of a case is to know the occupation of the plaintiff and defendant. No. Really. I brought the fucking receipts. Shit's fucked.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/law-and-social-inquiry/article/abs/protection-of-reputation-in-japan-a-systematic-analysis-of-defamation-cases/C48F328DD21F4EF1ADFB57521B740E8B 