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		Veen on Aug 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Co-founder of Snopes was writing plagiarized artic... They settled a defamation lawsuit. The settlement terms included an apology and payment of $3 million.

damagednoob on Aug 13, 2021 [–]

If it was an honest mistake, how did it get to the point of having to settle for $3 million?

revolvingocelot on Aug 13, 2021 | [–]

Why not try reading about it?

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/maajid-...

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