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Online Lies Nearly Cost Lives—Senator Paul Demands Tech Liability

Lying about someone is stealing. It is the worst form of theft that robs you not of physical possessions but of your reputation.
Online Lies Nearly Cost Lives—Senator Paul Demands Tech Liability
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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Lies can wreck a business, destroy a career, kill relationships, and ruin lives. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul 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 for their refusal to take it down.

Roger Koopman
Roger Koopman
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Roger Koopman is a former small businessman, two-term state legislator and two-term public service commissioner. He lives in Bozeman, Mont.