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Freedom of speech online
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Is there any good guides to what can and can't be posted online without getting you into trouble - a forum I look after has someone posting a query online about a certain company but also mentioned the owner's name
And someone else replied to say they were in business with them for the last 2 years but slow to respond to phone calls, etc
The company has contacted us in a huff asking for the postings to be removed but can't really see too much wrong with it - apart from the original poster mentioning the owner's name perhaps?
Anyway if there was a clear guide to follow then would make life easier for all.
And someone else replied to say they were in business with them for the last 2 years but slow to respond to phone calls, etc
The company has contacted us in a huff asking for the postings to be removed but can't really see too much wrong with it - apart from the original poster mentioning the owner's name perhaps?
Anyway if there was a clear guide to follow then would make life easier for all.
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If it's details of someone elses experiences then as long as he hasn't made them up then the company can go swivel.
As for the owner's name, its publicly available information.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A1183394
You'll want to take a close look at it as libel includes comments that -
Discredits them in their trade, business or profession
and the specifically difficult bit about English law -
The burden of proof lies with the defendant
Almost uniquely in English law, in libel cases the burden of proof lies with the author / publisher and not the complainant. In other words, you have to prove that what you write is true. The person you've targeted does not have to prove that you're wrong.
If not its tough shit. He will just have to live with the critism.