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Censorship? Slander is illegal.

• renata 13y ago
  Slander turns out to not be covered under the DMCA, so the hosting site is under no obligation to remove a post after a notice and no trial or court order.
  • djur 13y ago
    But it might be in their best interests to take it down regardless. The fact that they're not legally compelled to do so makes it even less like censorship.
    • renata 13y ago
      You don't think it's censorship if at any time, for any reason, someone can induce them to take down any post by claiming libel? Well, I might agree with that, but it would also make every site useless.
  • vacri 13y ago
    The DMCA is not the only way to have material removed from a website. Also, slander is spoken, libel is written.
• chacham15 13y ago
  First, it would be libel. Second, truth is a defense to libel. Therefore, in order to say that the action was illegal you would have to prove it false. Hence the reason I call it censorship: because there is no proof (or even argument) as to whether or not it is true or false, just a person demanding that it be removed.