Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in California

Libel (or Defamation of Character) on Web Sites

''In November of 2006 the California

Supreme Court ruled that 47 USC �

230(c)(1) does not permit web sites

to be sued for libel that was written

by other parties.''

My question is, what if the

slanderous material was written and

posted on the web site by the staff

running the web site? Is the owner

then liable? or any members of his

staff?

And to what extent does one have to

go to prove damages?


Asked on 6/11/07, 9:46 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

Re: Libel (or Defamation of Character) on Web Sites

I've always thought that it would be relatively easy for a rogue web site operator to libel someone, pretending that the libel was published by a user of the web site; conversely, it would by relatively hard for the plaintiff to prove that the web site operator was in on the libel. As to proving damages in libel cases, you could google for [proving damages libel cases].

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Answered on 6/11/07, 10:20 am


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