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Re: Defamation Act 2013
MissFM - We've always stood up for people and the right to freespeech, and we are very proud to have been involved in a teeny tiny way with the Libel Reform group that helped bring these changes about, and nothing will change on that score. It simply means that we can be more confident now that LB will not be at threat because someone posts something that is false and defamatory, so although we already investigate the truth behind any claims as much as we are able to with extremely limited resources ( so me and google then
), we now know we won't have to default to the 'better take it down in case they sue us' setting.
By way of another example I took a thread down a couple weeks ago, which I had resisted doing so initially, as upon investigating I found that at least two of the three posters of the accusations levelled at the 'complainant' were actually the same person and there was nothing, anywhere, at all, with any inkling of similar issues.
It'll never be a free for all, and we retain the right, obviously, to remove anything unsuitable from the site, however if there is a bonafide complaint (and the complainant has to give us their details too btw, and same thing with permission to pass on to poster etc) we know we can use the new WO defence if we follow the correct procedures.
MissFM - We've always stood up for people and the right to freespeech, and we are very proud to have been involved in a teeny tiny way with the Libel Reform group that helped bring these changes about, and nothing will change on that score. It simply means that we can be more confident now that LB will not be at threat because someone posts something that is false and defamatory, so although we already investigate the truth behind any claims as much as we are able to with extremely limited resources ( so me and google then
), we now know we won't have to default to the 'better take it down in case they sue us' setting.By way of another example I took a thread down a couple weeks ago, which I had resisted doing so initially, as upon investigating I found that at least two of the three posters of the accusations levelled at the 'complainant' were actually the same person and there was nothing, anywhere, at all, with any inkling of similar issues.
It'll never be a free for all, and we retain the right, obviously, to remove anything unsuitable from the site, however if there is a bonafide complaint (and the complainant has to give us their details too btw, and same thing with permission to pass on to poster etc) we know we can use the new WO defence if we follow the correct procedures.
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