# Public insult and defamation **URL:** \ **Category:** General Legal Matters\ **Created:** [November 16, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/public-insult-and-defamation/199130 "2020-11-16T23:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 166
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/public-insult-and-defamation/199130/166 "2022-10-19T01:43:17Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > Most western countries have public insult laws. **Only the US is without.** ![trudeau wrong](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/9/4/94698057e0ecc9bccd6523c77bb40e5adce9707c.jpeg) > [@Freedom of Speech - What it Means - Also Public Insults/Defamation/Slander/Libel](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/freedom-of-speech-what-it-means-also-public-insults-defamation-slander-libel/218946/8): > > Something that came up in the Temp thread that inspired this thread: It’s not the same as hate speech and not the same as defamation either. Something else that people rarely think of now in most countries, even though it still exists in some: Anyway, as you can see from the insult map, it’s definitely a thing in civil law jurisdictions, so we shouldn’t be surprised to find it in Taiwan. The main difference is not the law per se but the cultural standard of what… --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/public-insult-and-defamation/199130)._