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158 articles in online-defamation-news
Credits: Irish Examiner By Dan Buckley ‘There are no frontiers for the internet accusers and abusers, writes Dan Buckley Social media such as Facebook and Twitter have become the new Wild West, allowing anonymous users to publish vile comments online and brand innocent people guilty of crimes without the slightes
Credits: Metro ‘Twitter and Facebook users who libel individuals on the internet will face the same punishment as newspaper editors in breach of the law, the government has warned.’ Above excerpts and read the full story on www.metro.co.uk
Credits: CNET By Don Reisinger ‘Google has lost a defamation lawsuit in Australia. An Australian court today ordered Google to pay 200,000 Australian dollars ($208,760) to Milorad Trkulja for showing search results that might have caused users to link him to mobsters.’ Above excerpts and read the full story on ww
Credits: thestar.com By: David Graham ‘Katz, 42, posted two negative reviews on restaurantthing. com — the first time she’d ever written an online review — about her unsatisfactory dining experience at Mambo Nuevo Latino restaurant in Ottawa’s ByWard Market.’ ‘That should have been the end of it. Instead, M
Credits: The Australian By: Claire Connelly "AN Australian man has won a landmark defamation case against Google after images of him were published alongside gangland figures including drug baron Tony Mokbel. The man – who has lived in Australia for 42 years also claimed that a Google search for his name brought
Credits: The Australian By Kate Schneider ‘Yelp putting on detective hat in bid to find fake reviews is placing a warning sign on the listings of those caught. Claims to have already busted nine companies TIRED of companies trying to trick travellers with fake reviews, Yelp is now publicly shaming those it claims
Credits: Business 2 Community By Frederic Gonzal ‘According to research company Gartner, as much as 15% of online reviews will be fake by 2014. Just this past summer, it was found that 8% of Facebook accounts are considered fraudulent ones, which represents a fair chunk knowing there are now over 1 billion active
Credits: The New York Times By: David Streitfeld "Businesses caught soliciting favorable reviews are increasingly running the risk of getting slapped with a badge of shame. Like every Web site that depends on consumer critiques, Yelp has a problem with companies trying to manipulate their results. So it set up a sting
Credits: Yahoo New Zealand ‘A former hotel employee says he was fired after a negative TripAdvisor review he thinks was posted by a disgruntled co-worker.’ Above excerpts and read the full story on www.yahoo.com
Credits: Mail Online By Emily Allen General manager Frank Long vowed to ‘deny everything’ if details of the scam emerged One review said it was the ‘friendliest airport hotel ever’ and made special reference to the staff "A hotel boss ordered his staff to write bogus reviews of his hotel after it had a seri
Credits: The Telegraph By: Rosa Prince ‘Former Conservative co-Treasurer, Peter Cruddas, who resigned after boasting that a donation to the Party would be ‘awesome’ for businesses is suing the political consultant who first reported the story.’ ‘Peter Cruddas, a multi-millionaire banker and businessma
Credits: Ad Age By: Michael Learmonth ‘Online reviews can make or break a local business, which is why the incentive to cheat with paid-for, malicious or fraudulent reviews is so great. Weeding out fraud is an inexact science; sites such as TripAdvisor, Google+ Local and Yelp use a mix of algorithms and human mod
