Don't click on the link that contains defamation about you

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Defamation on the internet - clicking on a defamatory link

Once you discover that your business is being defamed over the internet you might feel an unexplained urge  to continuously click on the link that contains the defamatory post.  Unfortunately, some victims of online defamation make the 'clicking' part of their daily routine as they check to see if the defamation is still there on the internet.

This habit of clicking on defamatory links can be very pricey.
A similar bad habit involves telling others about their defamation problems. Friends, family work colleagues and so on.
This almost compulsive action however must be controlled and preferably suspended altogether.

Unfortunately, with defamatory posts online, the more you click, the more powerful they become. Google gives priority to popularity. Learn more about why you must not click on defamatory links at the Internet Law Centre.


Defamatory Online Reviews

Online Reviews And Defamation

Online reviews may be considered defamatory if one or more parts of a review is factually inaccurate or is misleading, provided this makes material difference to the perception which is given to the readers of the review.
By providing the readership with significantly partial information, the author of an online review might end up leaving the readers with the wrong impression of the subject of the review. Some disgruntled customers may only provide the readers with a one sided story about their experience and by doing so they could be committing an act of defamation.

Information that is given in part may be as libellous as outright defamation 

Information that is given in part may be as libellous as outright defamation which means that the organisation which is the subject of the review might have a right to sue for damages as well as request the removal of the review from the internet. Proving defamation in such cases could however be proved challenging.


Before taking legal action to facilitate the removal of an apparent defamatory review from the internet it is always best to try and find ways to approach the author of the review with a view of persuading them to voluntarily remove the review or at least amend it to create a fairer perception. You might want to communicate to the author of the internet review that the review as it appears is libellous and that its continued publication could result in financial losses to your company, which you might be entitled to recover from the author of the review.


Sometimes this option might not be available or might have already been unsuccessfully exhausted. Yet, before taking legal action it is certainly worth having an appropriately written solicitor letter sent to the author.  This letter does not necessarily need to be aggressive or inflammatory. The solicitor letter can often open the door for a much needed reconciliation which is almost always a better way to solve the problem than litigation.


Author: Yair Cohen
Social media lawyer

Online Defamation And Your Stolen Lists

It is very difficult to describe the moment where you first realise that your business reputation is being tarnished all over the internet. This unforgettable moment normally follows by many sleepless nights, tiredness, frustration and of course money problems.

You see, some of your employees are likely to possess impressive amounts of knowledge about you, your business, your practices, your procedures, your errors, mistakes and regrets, as well as about your true feelings about things that matter to your customers.

You get hit left, right and centre and with very little opportunity to defend yourself.

In the meantime, the online defamation attacks are starting to increase. Links are being shared between people and more defamatory material is now being.... Read more on Online Defamation

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When I suggested the idea that as a firm of defamation lawyers we should offer a Money Back Guarantee to each and every new client, I was told by those who love me to stick to practising law.

I was assured that this was a bad idea. We would be bankrupt within a year, we will end up having constant arguments with clients, and people looking for free advice will take us for a ride.

This was two years ago. Since then, we have given advice on a Money Back Guarantee basis to hundreds of new clients – we advise at least one new client a day – and the number of clients who have asked for their money back is still ZERO.

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This Money Back Guarantee offer has done us a power of good. We go out of our way to make sure that every single client we see is 100% happy, otherwise we don’t get paid. It’s that simple. This is a classic form of ‘self inflicting’ discipline that actually works.

Many people like you with internet law issues similar to yours have chosen to speak to us over other defamation lawyers because we guaranteed that we will add value to them with our advice.

Visit the Internet Law Centre and see how we can help you and your business solve your internet law issue.