Defamatory comments are negative and false statements made about someone that can harm their reputation.
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Internet defamation, also known as online defamation or cyber defamation, occurs when one party makes or is accused of
making defamatory comments about another party online.
It won an important decision before Justice Eady of the English High Court in which the court held that Google was not liable as a publisher
of defamatory comments when comments made in an internet forum about Metropolitan International Schools, a British company that operates Internet - based training courses, surfaced in the top rankings of a Google search for the company.
A divorcee has lost her appeal against a ruling that she posted
defamatory comments about her ex-husband on his new partner's Facebook page.
Leigh Daboll won a $ 50,000 judgment in January
for defamatory comments made by Mark DeMarco about his criminal record and disciplinary history.
Return the car I allegedly gave you as bribe — Mahama to Bugri Naabu During an intense run up to election 2016, Mahama was accused of trying to bribe Bugri Naabu to make
defamatory comments against Nana Akufo Addo to paint him as tribalistic.
The Communications Decency Act, Section 230, protects Facebook from being held responsible for such mishaps as the spread of hoax news stories — like the one that falsely claimed Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly had been fired from Fox — as well
as defamatory comments posted by users.
An order for an unconditional retraction and an unqualified apology for the
said defamatory comments / broadcast / publication, doing so separately and in the Daily Graphic newspapers, and for same to be given equal prominence as the complained comments / broadcast / publication within 14 days from the day of judgment.
Court Weighs Internet Anonymity; Case Pits Free Speech Against Redress for Defamation»: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, «In a First Amendment case with implications for everything from neighborhood e-mail lists to national newspapers, an Eastern Shore businessman argued to Maryland's highest court yesterday that the host of an online forum should be forced to reveal the identities of people who posted
allegedly defamatory comments.
And as a user, what kinds of rights do you have, if any, to learn the identity of anonymous commenters or bloggers who engage
in defamatory comments?
If your internet writing style toes the line
with defamatory comments, tighten your privacy settings to limit the numbers and identities of those who can read them.
Last year's SalbyStorm offered a cornucopia of pseudoskeptical behavior, mixed with conspiracy thinking and
perhaps defamatory comments.
As a result of the Act, this may no longer be a viable option and businesses (especially large businesses) may need to rethink their approach to dealing with
potentially defamatory comments from savvy critics.
Review your Facebook page or social media postings or blog or website for
past defamatory comments by yourself or others: a social - media audit may be prudent.
New regulations, which govern the process website operators must follow when informed about
alleged defamatory comments on their site to avoid becoming liable for that material themselves, have also been passed by Parliament and will come into effect on 1 January as well.
In cases where authors of
defamatory comments repost the same or substantially similar comments after they have been removed twice before from the site, website operators would be obliged to remove the comments within 48 hours of receiving a notice of complaint.
(i) An order for an unconditional retraction and an unqualified apology for the
said defamatory comments / broadcasts / publication.
This requires that Mann show that the
allegedly defamatory comments were made with actual malice — i.e. actual knowledge that the allegdly defamatory claims were false or reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the claims made.
A British Columbia bride has been ordered to pay more than $ 100,000 to a wedding photographer for unleashing an online torrent
of defamatory comments that eventually destroyed the business.
The approach to writing any reference letter needs to be positive —
writing defamatory comments or providing negative criticism defeats the purpose of writing a reference letter in the first place.
The President described as
defamatory comments about his supposed intention to let out the sovereignty of the country to foreigners.
In response to the negative criticism and
defamatory comments I have begun to receive on my channel, I wish to make the following statement: I am honored to be among the nominees because we are each doing something special in completely different areas.
Ashley accused Kyle of making «
defamatory comments» against him and called for the MP to stand down from the committee.
Private business man, Ibrahim Mahama, has sued the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi - Boasiako over what he says are
defamatory comments made against him.
At least one potential rebel was warned by Julian Smith, the chief whip, that they could be sued if they made
defamatory comments about the whips» activities.
Fellow Ghanaians, let me conclude by saying how outraged I am by
the defamatory comments from my political opponents, some of whose patriotism can be so easily questioned, that the sovereignty of this country has been sold by my government and myself.
«Let me state how outraged I am by
the defamatory comments from my political opponents, some of whose patriotism can be easily questioned that the sovereignty of this country has been sold by my government and myself.»
The letter warned that failure will force Mr Obeng Boateng to join Multimedia Group to any legal action the BOST MD may take «to clear his name from the said libelous or
defamatory comments».
Kofi Adams is praying the court for an order for «an unconditional retraction and an unqualified apology for the said
defamatory comments / broadcast / publication, doing so separately and in the Daily Graphic newspaper, and for same to be given equal prominence as the complained comments / broadcast / publication within 14 days from the day of judgment.»
«An order of the court compelling the first defendant to pay an amount of GHC400, 000 as punitive and exemplary damages to the plaintiff as damages for
the defamatory comments (he the defendant said about the plaintiff».
Mann's
defamatory comment wasn't a communication to the EPA.
For this reason, it's incredibly important to draft a social media policy for your company specifically outlining topics to avoid when engaged in social media on behalf of your business, such as politically sensitive issues,
defamatory comments (including libel or slander), or other offensive or discriminatory language.
The unknown defendants were alleged to have posted
the defamatory comments, while the named defendants were alleged to be moderators of the site with the ability to publish or delete the allegedly defamatory comments.
In Mumbai, a local company wishes to sue a blogger who goes by the nom de blogue of «Toxic Writer» for what it alleges are
defamatory comments.
McInnes delves into scandals related to Peter Toigo and the Expo Lands; the missteps of Minister of Tourism and provincial secretary, Bill Reid («The Blue Box Scandal»), and Hughes» two rounds with Vander Zalm — the first over Fantasy Gardens and the second involving Hughes» defamation suit to rectify Vander Zalm's
defamatory comments about Hughes in Vander Zalm's self - published autobiography.
Crookes contends, for instance, that Geist refused his request to remove
a defamatory comment from his own site.
The company, American Medical Response, has a policy prohibiting employees «from making disparaging, discriminatory or
defamatory comments» about the company, superiors, co-workers or competitors, the Hartford Courant reports.
An English court has recently held that the fact that
a defamatory comment has been published online does not mean that anyone has read it.
Justice Matheson did not find Levant's blog as fair and accurate, and
the defamatory comments of being a liar did not directly relate to any judicial or quasi-judicial context.