As with many things in furry fandom, I don't think the trends happen in a vacuum.
In U.S. politic, the use of defamation lawsuits is going to become increasingly popularized as the Dominion voting machine story continue to have the company going after those who spread the unproven statements of the voting machines being fraudulent. They will probably point out how those very machines were used in Donald Trump's victory in 2016.
But the people are usually influenced by the behaviors of those at the top, and so I think defamation is going to be something that come up in courtrooms all across the country with much more frequency.
As with many things in furry fandom, I don't think the trends happen in a vacuum.
In U.S. politic, the use of defamation lawsuits is going to become increasingly popularized as the Dominion voting machine story continue to have the company going after those who spread the unproven statements of the voting machines being fraudulent. They will probably point out how those very machines were used in Donald Trump's victory in 2016.
But the people are usually influenced by the behaviors of those at the top, and so I think defamation is going to be something that come up in courtrooms all across the country with much more frequency.