Anti-Defamation
Asamoah Gyan To Drag The Sun, The Daily Mirror And Ghanaweb To Court For Defamation
Asamoah Gyan To Drag The Sun, The Daily Mirror And Ghanaweb To Court For Defamation
Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan has threatened to drag Ghanaweb, The Sun and The Daily Mirror newspaper to the law court.
According to reports by The Sun and Daily Mirror, the Kayerispor striker who earned a mega-money move to the UAE before moving to the Chinese Super League has fallen on hard times financially.
“The former Sunderland striker, who earned £227,000-a-week at Shanghai SIPG between 2015 and 2017, is understood to have just £600 in his bank account and is unable to provide for his family,” the report said.
Srinagar Mayor Denies Sexual Harassment Charges, Says Will Sue For Defamation
Srinagar Mayor Denies Sexual Harassment Charges, Says Will Sue For Defamation
A female corporator of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) accused its Mayor Junaid Mattu Monday of sexual harassment, a charge he denied.
The corporator from the Congress accused Mattu of “assault” and lodged a police complaint against him and his personal assistant.
“The Mayor has continuously been asking me to come along with him for enjoyment. He has harassed me a number of times and not just once. I had submitted an estimate of Rs 25 lakh for development works, but he did not approve it and asked me to accompany him to some place for enjoyment. This is sexual harassment,” the corporator from one of the municipal wards of the city told reporters in Srinagar.
#MeToo: Defamation cases are being used to silence victims: Nishtha Jain on sexual harassment cases
Defamation cases are being used to silence victims: Nishtha Jain on sexual harassment cases
Tara Writer-director, who has accused Alok Nath of sexual harassment and rape, Friday said she is aware that maybe there is no end to her battle with Nath but it’s the support of people that keeps her going. The director said she came out during the #MeToo movement without thinking about her next step.
“We all know there is no end to this. I cannot bring any evidence, he cannot prove he has not done it and even I cannot prove it he has done it. So what are we fighting for in the courts? Why are we wasting time of the court? There is no law to support what happened 20 years ago, there is no precedence,” she said at a panel discussion on #MeToo organised by Screenwriters Association in partnership with Laadli initiative.
Aussie school under fire for photos of students in blackface, Hitler costume
Aussie school under fire for photos of students in blackface, Hitler costume
A school in a small town in Australia was forced to apologize this week after sharing photos of students dressed in blackface and as Adolf Hitler.
The photos, which were published on Rowena Public School’s Facebook page, included one of the principal smiling next to a student wearing blackface as African-American track star Jesse Owens, a gold medalist at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.
Another photo showed the student in the Jesse Owens costume alongside two other students, one of whom was dressed as Hitler.
Retired Police Officer Sues Netflix Over Portrayal In ‘Making A Murderer’
Officer Sues Netflix Over Portrayal In ‘Making A Murderer’
A retired Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office police officer has sued Netflix and the makers of the documentary series “Making a Murderer” for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence, alleging that the defendants falsely led viewers to conclude that he had tampered with evidence to frame Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
Andrew Colborn objects to his portrayal in the docuseries’ first 10 episodes, claiming that he has been subjected to “worldwide ridicule, contempt and disdain.”
The complaint, filed in Manitowoc County Circuit Court in Wisconsin, names directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos, editor Mary Manhardt and Netflix executives Lisa Nishimura and Adam Del Deo among the defendants.
“Making a Murderer” recently returned with another 10 episodes that follow the post-conviction process, but Colborn’s claims don’t involve those.
BuzzFeed Beats Defamation Lawsuit Over Trump Dossier Story
BuzzFeed Beats Defamation Lawsuit Over Trump Dossier Story
A day after ruling the outlet couldn’t evade a defamation claim by arguing the tech CEO who sued is a public figure, a Florida federal judge has tossed the suit on fair reporting grounds.
On the heels of what looked like a major setback, BuzzFeed has defeated a defamation lawsuit filed by a Cyprus-based tech CEO in connection with its story about Donald Trump‘s alleged Russian ties.
Aleksej Gubarev in February 2017 sued BuzzFeed for defamation because he was named in the now-infamous Trump dossier, which the outlet published along with its story.
Twitter will reveal user in defamation case
Twitter will reveal user in defamation case
Twitter has agreed to divulge the identity of a user who falsely claimed that a research official at the Iona Institute helped to hide an American fugitive.
The social media giant has one month to provide Angelo Bottone, who works at the socially conservative advocacy group, with the name, telephone number and IP address of the user behind the account @ElodieBurke.
The account posted a number of tweets in October 2017 claiming that Mr Bottone had helped to hide James Kopp. Kopp was on the FBI’s most-wanted list after he shot Barnett Slepian, a doctor who performed legal abortions in New York state.
Father of Sandy Hook victim sues extremists on defamation charges
Sandy Hook victim sues extremists on defamation charges
The father of a boy slain in the Sandy Hook shootings who is suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has taken two more extremists to court on defamation charges.
The father, Leonard Pozner, whose son Noah was among the 26 first-graders and educators killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook School, is suing James Fetzer and Mike Palecek, co-editors of “Nobody Died at Sandy Hook,” on defamation and conspiracy charges.
Fetzer and Palecek claim, among other things, that Pozner forged his son’s death certificate to advance the hoax.
Dr. Luke And Kesha Are Doubling Down On Rape And Defamation Allegations As A Trial Date Nears
Kesha Are Doubling Down On Rape And Defamation Allegations As A Trial Date Nears
Dr. Luke and Kesha are doubling down on accusations of rape, abuse, defamation, and breach of contract as a trial to settle the legal fight nears.
Dr. Luke and Kesha filed competing motions Thursday in an effort to convince a judge in New York to take their side in the legal standoff before a trial is scheduled, likely for next year.
Kesha has been locked in a legal battle with Dr. Luke (whose legal name is Lukasz Gottwald) since October 2014, when they filed competing lawsuits against each other.
Kesha sued the music producer in California, alleging sexual assault and battery, harassment, gender violence, unfair business practices, and infliction of emotional distress.
Dr. Luke filed a complaint in New York for breach of contract and defamation, claiming Kesha’s allegations were merely a tactic to pressure him and his record label to release her from her contract.
Dr. Luke and Kesha are doubling down on accusations of rape, abuse, defamation, and breach of contract as a trial to settle the legal fight nears. Dr. Luke and Kesha filed competing motions Thursday in an effort to convince a judge in New York to take their side in the legal standoff before a trial is scheduled, likely for next year. Kesha has been locked in a legal battle with Dr. Luke (whose legal name is Lukasz Gottwald) since October 2014, when they filed competing lawsuits against each other.
Handling negative online comments
Handling negative online comments
online comments
It has become increasingly common for disgruntled customers to take to the internet to complain about what they perceive to be their negative experience with a business. Although people have the right to complain about goods and services they purchase, there are limits to what can be said (and how it can be said), and action can be taken in some circumstances to have negative content removed from a website.
Investigate
Negative comments and reviews may be based on an actual customer experience, but sometimes a business’ competitor, a disgruntled former employee, or a spammer may attempt to tarnish your business’ reputation by posting a fake review. Take screen shots of the negative reviews. Before responding, try to find out the identity of the poster, whether they were an actual customer and whether there are any facts that rebut statements made in the negative review. The more information you can gather, the better. Also evaluate the harm caused or likely to be caused from the post (e.g., lost customers and profits, etc.).
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