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Veserv • today at 6:00 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

Actually, "knowingly"[1] is a specific legal term that accounts for that. Deliberate ignorance or a reckless disregard for the truth are adequate to meet the standard. That is the legal standard most commonly used for such laws instead of "actual knowledge" which is the standard requiring positive knowledge.

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/3729#b_1