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hkt · 2021-08-30 08:05:35

Consider naming and shaming?

(Assuming libel law where you are couldn't bite you. If it could, please don't)

nostrademons | karma 78749 | avg karma 5.45 · | 2013-01-06 00:36:56

(Technically, it'd be libel, not slander. Libel is written, slander is verbal, and we write on the Internet.)

Pedantry aside, I also don't think it's appropriate to name names. There's too much risk of not getting the full story when you name & shame on a public forum, and it can have very real consequences for people's lives. If you wouldn't want 4chan or SomethingAwful doing it to you, don't do it to someone else.

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Nextgrid | karma 26661 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2022-03-24 08:34:48

Threaten to sue for libel.

vkou | karma 14969 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2017-10-25 15:31:37

Sue them for libel. As a public figure, I am almost certainly able to bear the burdens of protracted litigation then they are.

(It's one of the reasons why people think twice about accusing the guilty.)

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CupOfJava | karma 89 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2017-09-22 15:33:30+00:00

Can you sue them for libel then?

hedora | karma 21378 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2021-01-16 17:04:28+00:00

Sue them for libel.

lb1lf | karma 7347 | avg karma 5.52 · | 2016-12-19 13:09:42

I'd guess that in many jurisdictions, some libel law could be used to slap them if the story names individuals or (some places) corporate entities.

This probably would require the mentioned parties to sue, though - so no luck if it is a fake news story portraying someone in a positive light.

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cma | karma 10501 | avg karma 1.7 · | 2021-11-07 12:13:28

How do you avoid libel?

YeBanKo | karma 1479 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2022-09-10 03:08:59

Libel?

cyanexttuesday | karma 36 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2017-08-12 00:23:44+00:00

You can if its defamation.

waheoo | karma 715 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2021-01-16 16:54:28+00:00

Just sue them for damages. It's libel.

brador | karma 3229 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2014-10-01 17:21:49+00:00

In some countries that would be Libel.

calgaryeng | karma 298 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2016-07-17 14:55:22

Sue them for libel then?

mysterydip | karma 6948 | avg karma 3.42 · | 2020-01-21 01:26:17+00:00

Would this be covered under libel?

nsgi | karma 897 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2015-09-28 23:21:30+00:00

Wouldn't that be classed as defamation?

heretoo | karma 372 | avg karma 3.21 · | 2018-06-28 23:28:42

Maybe libel?

CSSer | karma 1673 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2022-06-22 23:25:08

I wonder if someone could bring a libel suit against the company in your example.

philip1209 | karma 11376 | avg karma 5.07 · | 2012-11-13 14:26:51+00:00

Could this be considered libel?

prepend | karma 20867 | avg karma 2.84 · | 2019-10-16 22:54:38+00:00

If you sue successfully you can get a legal order to take down the content as part of the judgement.

Libel, slander, and harassment are all crimes or civil offenses (illegal). They work pretty well.

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giantrobot | karma 5286 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2022-11-02 09:59:31

Yes, do that. There's absolutely no second order effects that could possibly happen. We'll just go to the courts for everything. I'm sure it's easy and inexpensive to sue someone for libel in different jurisdictions.