Comments on: Libel for Bloggers: Liability Arising from Blog Comments

By: Internet Libel for Bloggers and Online Writers

Internet Libel for Bloggers and Online Writers — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:36:19 +0000

[...] touched this subject on a previous post regarding liability arising from blog comments (see Libel for Bloggers: Liability Arising from Blog Comments). The post primarily relates to comments on a blog and assumes that there is internet libel. The [...]

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:30:01 +0000

when i read the title, i became so interested because my sister is a victim of almost the same issue, the only difference is that it was thru yahoo mail.ders this person/s spreading letters and pictures of my sister’s husband and his mistress thru yahoo using my sister’s name.it was not really her because dat woman became my brother in law’s mistress when my sister and her husband were no longer together because of a mistress also.thought this article re liability from blog comments would somehow answer few of our questions because my sister is planning to file legal charges against these persons. any advice??

By: Michael Roberts of Rexxfield.com

Michael Roberts of Rexxfield.com — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:17:35 +0000

It would be very nice to see bloggers adopting some type of code of ethics whereby they would simply avoid all these problems by removing, or moderating speech that is clearly libelous or invasive of another’s privacy.

I really don’t care what the law says is permissible and what is not, life would be so much easier if everybody adopted the Golden rule and simply did to others only what they want done to themselves.

Regards, Michael Roberts. Internet libel victim’s advocate.

http://www.Rexxfield.com

By: We are all liars - Sarah Palin says so « Going Slightly Mad

We are all liars - Sarah Palin says so « Going Slightly Mad — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:23:51 +0000

[...] (See a post about this issue here) [...]

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:38:10 +0000

Atty Fred,

I got so interested reading the article made by Atty Fred, I am no genius when it comes to law I admit that. Apparently not until my sister has been involve in a malicious accusation of someone through a blog.

My sister owns an on-line multiply shop, I am also a part-time owner of the shop. It was going on smoothly, not until my sister had an issue with this other on-line seller. They had themselves “fight” over their blogs. Until a fake and offensive multiply account against the other party was made and unfortunately my sister was the one accused to create such. I am very much sure that my sister is not the one who made all these. That is why i kept researching how we will be able to go after these. The other party have made her blog directly accusing my sister who have made the account. How will i be able to stop these. I already consulted a friend lawyer, but he says there is no law here in the Philippines that covers blog writers, until i came up with this site. Please help me with this.

Thank You.

By: Belle

Belle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:10:36 +0000

All these exchange of ideas had been very informative. Thank you so much. I am currently working on a case of internet libel for a client and I stumbled upon this site.

I am thinking along the same lines as Hardnock since the evidence I have so far do not clearly establish the authorship of the libelous material. A possible way to know the true identity of the blogger is to have his/ her email address and proceed with circumstantial evidence from there. If anyone is willing to share the other ways on how to ascertain the identity of a blogger, i would really appreciate it.

By: Hardknock

Hardknock — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:09:33 +0000

This topic made me ponder on a certain scenario, what if Person B will intentionally create a multiply and make it look as if it was from Person A, and then post defamatory remarks against himself so that it will look like Person A was the one who posted it? Then Person B will sue Person A for libel. If you are Person A, how can you defend yourself?

By: Hardknock

Hardknock — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:02:07 +0000

Atty Fred, given that a blog can be regarded as a publication. How can they prove the identity of the writer of the said blog? Especially if the bloggers are located elsewhere (outside the Philippines). Is the picture (for mulitply, facebook and FS) and name in the said blogspot sufficient enough to accuse someone of libel? How about the law on jurisdiction? What if the said blogspot was done in a country where there is no law on libel,and was read in a country such as the Philippines? How then will this progress?

By: goimon

goimon — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:05:42 +0000

isnt blogging kinda tacky…? i mean.. who is really interested in the feelings of others? maybe unless theblog is informative and somewhat useful

By: Chikit

Chikit — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:26:43 +0000

I just hope bloggers will be responsible enough when writing an article. I myself became a victim of a blogger who happens to be the HR Officer (yes, HR Officer) of my previous company. She labelled me as “the other woman” because she found out that my bf is not yet annuled. She didnt mention my name but her description of me was so accurate she even described my clothes (color, design etc) perfectly. I found out the blog through our officemate who read the blog, she called me coz she was able to identify that it was me because of the “accurate” description. I reported this matter to the management but ended up resigning coz the HR Manager, the employees first line of defense acted as the lawyer of the blogger.

I am a blogger myself and it hurts me to see people using their “personal journal” to ruin someone while I work a lot in helping the tourism industry through my own little way….through my blog.

I consulted a lawyer and I’m looking forward to see resolution, I just want this malicious accusation be removed from the net, I just want to uphold my dignity and that of my loving mother.