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> This ban also ruined other games for me. If I ever did well in a game, someone would look at my profile to see how many hours I have and instantly see the red marker that shows “I am a cheater”.

I wonder if that label can be considered to be libel. Probably harder in the US, but from what I understand in UK (or just England?) the defendant must prove that it's true.


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ArnoVW01/21/2025

On the UK though, computer data is proof. If the computer says you cheated, it’s proven.

This is about to change though, since the national postal services got a whole bunch of people convicted of fraud based on a system they knew buggy.

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