If were to make unfounded defamatory assertions about somebody on this forum, would it be slander or libel?

pesce.del.giorno said:

If were to make unfounded defamatory assertions about somebody on this forum, would it be slander or libel?

Libel is the written word.

pesce.del.giorno said:

If were to make unfounded defamatory assertions about somebody on this forum, would it be slander or libel?

It would be unfounded defamation.

True, but this forum is conversational in nature.

pesce.del.giorno said:

True, but this forum is conversational in nature.

Luckily we keep lots of grains of salt handy.

libel i’d expect – depending of what and how you’re coming at it, but whatever may need to be tested, and if it were established that whatever were substantially true then it may come to nothing. Opportunity (in the context of a possible action) maybe sought to right the situation by way of an apology involving some detail of the wrong.

jjjust moi said:

pesce.del.giorno said:

If were to make unfounded defamatory assertions about somebody on this forum, would it be slander or libel?

Libel is the written word.

Yes.

Divine Angel said:

jjjust moi said:

pesce.del.giorno said:

If were to make unfounded defamatory assertions about somebody on this forum, would it be slander or libel?

Libel is the written word.

Yes.

It is still defamation of character.

roughbarked said:

Divine Angel said:

jjjust moi said:

Libel is the written word.

Yes.

It is still defamation of character.

er; until proven otherwise.

The good thing about social media is that people do a pretty goof job of defaming themselves.

Slander is the spoken word, libel is written or pictures or print. Defamation is the generic word that covers both.

Some jurisdictions differentiate between libel and slander, with libel being the more serious. Some just use the term defamation to cover both. Further complicating matters is that some jurisdictions have replaced the common law with legislation, which may use different words again.

Divine Angel said:

The good thing about social media is that people do a pretty goof job of defaming themselves.

But we live in an age of rampant celebrity association, such that it seems anyone, whether they have a reputation to protect, or a public image that might be harmed, seems to consider themselves eligible for what little legal protections writs of ‘Defamation’ might offer.

I wonder how well that dentist guy’s business is doing? The guy who killed Cecil.

Divine Angel said:

The good thing about social media is that people do a pretty goof job of defaming themselves.

Again, this be in the eye of the observer.

Divine Angel said:

I wonder how well that dentist guy’s business is doing? The guy who killed Cecil.

I think that I read he’d shut down.

jjjust moi said:

Divine Angel said:

I wonder how well that dentist guy’s business is doing? The guy who killed Cecil.

I think that I read he’d shut down.

Diddums.