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Originally Posted by gav240z  That's ridiculous, what ever happened to Freedom of Speech? |
Freedom of speech does not protect you from slander / libel.
While it's fine to say something like:
"I didn't enjoy the food in restaurant X" a lot of immature users push it to the point of calling people things that are best not reproduced here.
Under Irish law you, as the website owner, are responsible for the content.
You can put policies and TOS up, but that does not remove your responsibilties.
I used to run a political forum that made it onto the front page of the Sunday Times once
Believe me. It's "fun"
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Originally Posted by gav240z Can't you put a privacy policy / terms and conditions statement on the site that mentions something along the lines that you try and monitor posts etc.. however you cannot stay on top of everything and if there are any disputes etc.. then they should contact you first to resolve the matter? |
We, Blacknight, operate Irish ISP Test which has a forum. Instead of contacting us about issues politely and sanely we've already had legal threats about posts on there.
Unfortunately this is part of the Irish mentality where sending solicitor's letters is the 1st reaction.
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Originally Posted by gav240z I agree its a good idea to monitor posts / activity on your sites, but you honestly can't monitor everything. |
Of course you can't monitor everything, but you have to be aware that you cannot simply let it run riot by itself.