Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Pennsylvania

Re: Internet Posting Hurting Employment Prospects

There is a potential cause of action against the poster for commercial disparagement or libel per quod but I agree with Mr. Davidson that it sounds like there is something else out there other than a single post in a discussion board.

Re: Internet Posting Hurting Employment Prospects

Have you Googled your son. That fact that someone stated somewhere on the Internet that in one isolated incident your son was unprofessional should not be a bar to employment. First off, how would any potential employer know if that fact was either true or applied to your son. Anything posted on the Internet has to be taken with more than a grain of salt.

I suspect that there is more than 1 posting is hurting your son job prospects.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me. The initial consultation is free.

{John}

Re: Internet Posting Hurting Employment Prospects

You asked about a potentially negative posting placed existing on the Internet.

People must consider their entire personal profile when presenting themselves to the public now. This often includes controlling references on the Internet.

Instead of attacking the person or the actual post your son should instead be more concerned with driving up his positive references. This means developing information, posting links and more important, obtaining inbound links to everything about yourself (son). The idea is to replace a high page placement for the negative information to a very low placement. By taking control you can replace all the top hits on your son's name with hits that you either agree with, that you have written or that otherwise are positive.

An attorney can help with this, but also there are other business organizations that can help with this for a fee.

Regards,

Roger