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12 years 7 months ago - 12 years 7 months ago #65957 by Gordon
Potentially Libellous Posts was created by Gordon
Hi All,

Could we ask everyone to be especially careful about posting potentially defamatory comments, such as claims that an examining healthcare professional lied on a medical report.

It would be exceedingly difficult to prove that a doctor lied, rather than that they were just incompetent or had accidentally clicked on the wrong option, for example.

Three sites have recently been closed down as a result of legal threats. In many cases, where a large and powerful company threatens server hosts with legal action, a site is simply closed down without notice regardless of the rights and wrongs of the issue.

See our latest story: Atos takes down yet another forum

We have asked the moderators to delete any posts that have the potential to be defamatory and to err on the side of caution if there is any doubt. Bear in mind also that moderators only see posts in isolation when moderating, so they will judge them solely on the content of that specific post.

Many thanks,

Steve

Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
Last edit: 12 years 7 months ago by Crazydiamond. Reason: Exclamation topic icon added - for what it's worth!
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  • Survivor
12 years 7 months ago #65994 by Survivor
Replied by Survivor on topic Re: Potentially Libellous Posts
Moved to top.
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  • pata1
12 years 7 months ago #66014 by pata1
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What happened to Steve's ordinal thread on this ?
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  • Survivor
12 years 7 months ago #66038 by Survivor
Replied by Survivor on topic Re: Potentially Libellous Posts
I accidentally deleted it. Gordon's post is the original post word-for-word.
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  • bro58
12 years 7 months ago #66064 by bro58
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Up we go !!
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12 years 7 months ago #66088 by Derek4
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bump
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