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By Maanit Zemel | 4 Minutes Read July 31, 2013

What to do if you are a victim of cyberbullying or cyberlibel – Part 2

In this posting, I will provide tips to adults and businesses that are being cyber-libelled. Anyone can be made a target of online defamation, with devastating consequences to one’s personal and professional reputation. Indeed, at its worst, cyber-libel can bring an individual or business to the brink of bankruptcy.

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By Maanit Zemel | 2 Minutes Read November 14, 2011

The hyperlink case – a licence to defame?

In Crookes v. Newman, Mr. Crookes sued Mr. Newman for online defamation because of hyperlinks that Mr. Newman had placed in articles he published online. The hyperlinks, when clicked, took the readers to websites that contained statements that Mr. Crookes claimed were defamatory of him. Mr. Crookes lost at trial and on appeal and took his case all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Article by Maanit Zemel / Privacy / Crookes v. Newman, defamatory statements, hyperlink, is linking publishing?, liability for defamation, online defamation, what is publishing?

By Maanit Zemel | 2 Minutes Read November 8, 2010

Help! I have been defamed online – Part III, the perils of being Googled

Have you “googled” yourself lately? If you have not, I recommend that you go ahead and do so. You might be surprised by what you discover is posted about you online.

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Privacy / Bing, cyberspace, defamatory, defamatory statements, Google, googled, internet defamation, Internet law, Internet Service Provider, ISP, online, online defamation, online reputation, search engines, social media, Yahoo

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