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Q&A Writing an article avoiding Libel

I will be creating a blog article that talks about Illuminati in our local country. I will be talking about the "organization's" role in making specific artists popular (for a duration) and in retu...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by rahstame‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:25:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/10481
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License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar rahstame‭ · 2019-12-08T03:25:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
I will be creating a blog article that talks about Illuminati in our local country. I will be talking about the "organization's" role in making specific artists popular (for a duration) and in return the artists will follow the organization's orders, and their work will corrupt the minds of the people to further the Illuminati's agenda. I will be connecting the artists' personal lives to the conspiracy. My problem is, I will be listing the local artists that may be involved, and I will be posting pictures of them wearing items of symbolic importance, or having such symbols in background.

Please refer to [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Philippines) for local law reference. Also our country is also member of the UN, and this text from the [UN Declaration of Human Rights](http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a19) is relevant:

> Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. - Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

I truly understand that I need to seek legal advise on the matter, but I also need to know how to write to avoid libel issues. How do I tackle this, still revealing the artists, but playing it safe? What **writing approach** should I take in order not to be hit with a libel suit? What wording can I specifically use or avoid?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-03-09T04:35:18Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 2