Shouldn't Lawyers Understand Online Liability?
from the another-one-of-these dept
Once review sites started popping up that allowed people to review former dating partners, it was only a matter of time before someone filed a lawsuit arguing that their reputation was ruined. That's exactly what a Pittsburgh lawyer has done (via Broadband Reports), claiming that a review on dontdatehimgirl.com maliciously identified him as a womanizer with STDs. The company claims it can't be held liable, based on the same laws protecting other online boards of user-submitted content. Practically, to require the site operator to monitor the veracity of everything posted would create an impossible burden. Still, just because the law gives these sites a pass, it doesn't mean that character defamation and vigilantism aren't a problem online. It's just that his complaint should be with the woman, not the site itself.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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He's a lawyer
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Did you know that we're all born with tails and that the doctor's pull them off when we're born?
Just because someone posts something on the Internet doesn't make it true. Good grief. I bet you're one of those people who thinks we should all be guilty until proven innocent too, aren't ya!
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i, for one
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What I would like to see is...
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Hey! Lets all live in hell together.
My ass... they just want revenge by mudslinging anonymously. Bad relationships take two to tango. These sites are crafted to bring the loser out of everyone.
And the media wonders why marriages are failing and kids are marrying later.
Lets all live in hell together, we've already started on the right foot.
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real life
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What's worse is that this site makes it seem like it's a fantastic community service that's elevating humankind.
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It is quite another to assert someone has a transmitible disease. That is an asertion of fact that could certainly be slanderous.
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Anti_Joe
I bet you do it on purpose to direct the discussion is a certain way. I bet it must be fun reading posts later.
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I don't get this
The plaintiff therefore must prove he isn't a disease ridden man whore or did I miss something
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On line Slander
True there is no way to prevent Freedom of speech on the web as everyone's entitled to there own opinion. As seen in the US constitution this serves both governing power & people to prevent pressure's & allows for ajustments between both parties to try to premote harmony.
As we do in the Library; Mabey, Laybel category's in of info in some form that's less likey for misinterpretation?
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An even more important question...
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The truth about Tasha Joseph
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Speaking of people "allegedly" spreading STD's
People do this all the time, they know they have some STD and go on in life with out telling the partner they are involved with. Its not fair to the victim who recieved the disease so why would you care if someone exposed this "alleged" infector. If done properly this is the type of site that will help inform our society of the pit falls of having unprotected sex with random people.
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Let's see...
Women need to wake up and realize that men like John L. Jackson are predators and if a successful woman like Tasha can be a victim, any woman can. Don't fall victim to these men, ladies! There are good guys without lengthy criminal records out there who are honest, successful and drug-free!
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Tasha Joseph Doesn't Know Free Speech
She goes on national television to tell the world she doesn't edit items on her site. Yet has done just that. She has used fake accounts to attack those in her forums who might not accept that men posted in her site profiles may not be guilty of anything. She has called posted men cheaters even though she has no first hand knowledge of the facts. She has attacked those who defend specific men against what is posted in her site profiles. This isn't simply a site for others to post. This is a site where lies, rumors and attacks on men are taken as fact, defended and contributed to by Tasha herself. Men are slandered and lied about while Tasha Joseph profits. If she really cared about women who are hurting then why not volunteer with professional organizations that really do help woman rather than making money promoting lies?
Now we see a post where those who may well be able to expose her are attacked. Well, where are the case numbers? Where is information that would allow someone seeking the truth to validate these accusations? Who are the detectives who have and do all these investigations?
If Tasha Joseph is so innocent why did she file an expungency? Was she working on a Top Secret clearance? I seriously doubt it. Fact is she tried to bury her past because she didn't want people to know about it.
What is the additional smokescreen about some photographer who has nothing to do with Tasha Joseph, Jackson or any of the other in this list of characters? This has nothing to do with anything, except clouding facts.
This post just smells of the kinds of garbage posted on the dontdatehimgirl website. Provide some substantiation for your garbage or take it over to dontadatehimgirl where man bashing is a way of life. What a joke.
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