Online Lies Nearly Cost Lives—Sen. Paul Demands Tech Liability

Lying about someone is stealing. It is the worst form of theft; it robs you not of physical possessions but of your reputation.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Commentary

Lies can wreck a business, destroy a career, kill relationships, and ruin lives. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is right. When an internet service provider hosts a defamatory, fabricated personal attack that accuses the target of reprehensible and criminal behavior, that provider possesses a certain degree of accountability if it refuses to take it down.