Conspiracy theories unfortunately fall on fertile ground due to various factors that I don't see to be addressed in this place. In my opinion, the harm caused by this phenomenon is no less than that of silencing suits, perhaps even more severe. False conspiracy theories harm not only the direct victim, i.e., the person to whom certain acts have been attributed. This is a danger to democracy because of the damage to the ability of parts of the public to distinguish between truth and falsehood. When a part of the public believes in false conspiracies, then the public's picture of reality is not the same, and parts of the public do not live on the same factual plane but in a different world of reality. In this way, it is not possible to conduct a true democratic process, and this is a blow to the core of democracy. In my opinion, as of these days, it seems that this is the main problem in the field of the prohibition of defamation.
Decided by a majority of opinions (the judges v. Solberg andA. Stein) against the dissenting opinion of the Acting President, Y. Amit, as stated in the judge's judgment v. Solberg.
Judgment was given today, 7 Tevet 57th of Tevet (January 07, 2025).
| Yitzhak Amit
Acting President
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Noam SohlbergJudge
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Alex SteinJudge
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