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Meanwhile , authorities have used the courts to shut down independent or opposition media outlets , launching civil defamation lawsuits that have forced some to suspend publication because of costly fines . Most journalists that are imprisoned in the continent today have been sent to jail in relation to bogus and archaic defamation laws . " FLORIDA - - Criminal defamation charges brought against two 19 year-olds who created a Web site accusing a high school teacher of having homosexual relations with a minor student have been dropped by Citrus County officials , who have admitted the statute they were prosecuting them under to be unconstitutional . Civil defamation laws provide adequate recourse for individuals who feel that their reputations have been harmed .