Gawker’s Demise and the Trump-Era Threat to the First Amendment
Hulk Hogan’s smashing legal victory shows us that publishing the truth may no longer be enough.
Hulk Hogan conceded that Gawker's story was true—yet he still won $140 million and drove the website out of business. In an age of revenge porn and sex tapes, courts are having second thoughts about protecting truth. Peter Thiel's vendetta heralded a new era.