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The problem with that is that's putting Yelp into the position of censoring content. If the court thinks that a review is defamatory, they should just order th
by morgante 10y ago
The problem with that is that's putting Yelp into the position of censoring content.
If the court thinks that a review is defamatory, they should just order the reviewer to take it down. No need to involve Yelp at all.
- lsaferite 10y agoYou say that like Yelp doesn't already self-censor to suit it's business needs.
- morgante 10y agoThat's completely orthogonal. Yelp is not required to run a neutral public forum—they can institute whatever policies they want. The problem is when the government forces censorship, not when private companies have their own policies on what they'll host. Removing content from your own site is not censorship.
- nitrogen 10y ago> Self-censorship is not censorship. It really depends on what motivates the self-censorship.
- nitrogen 10y agoSince this was downvoted, let me clarify: self-censorship motivated by threat of some kind is censorship.
- lsaferite 10y agoThey are only able to publish libelous user content and NOT be sued due to government extended protections. To then turn around and cry foul when a legal ruling of libel (against one of their users) includes a provision that they remove the libelous content is ridiculous.
- pif 10y ago> when the government forces censorship Actually, in this case, it's the justice, not the government. At it makes a huge difference!
- cowsandmilk 10y agothere are three branches of US government and the judiciary is one of them.
- pif 10y agoSorry, I had read "government" as meaning "executive power". Anyway, I don't see any problem in having justice-sanctioned removal orders for unlawful posts.
- pif 10y ago> they should just order the reviewer to take it down What if the reviewer refuses? No matter the fine, no matter the years in jail they may spend, this will not fulfil the plaintiff's right to have that comment removed.
- Dylan16807 10y agoSometimes remedies are imperfect. If someone is willing to spend the rest of their life in jail for contempt of court, that's not a reason to start looking for other methods of enforcement, that's a reason to be glad they're out of your life.
- pif 10y agoNo, it's not Yelp censoring, it's the judge. Yelp has not been asked/permitted to choose for this ore other posts.