These days, it's not uncommon for businesses to receive fake reviews on their website or on other review websites across the internet. These fake reviews tend to be defamatory in nature and can lead to a loss in sales or income. However, there are steps that a...
Online Reputation Management
Section 230: Balancing free speech and accountability online
For billions of people, the internet serves as a central hub for sharing information, communicating with their online community and engaging in commerce. Being such a highly interconnected social space, it can quickly get volatile without proper regulations in place....
Is Section 230 operating as intended?
Section 230 protects social media platforms from liability for content users post, but it also allows them to moderate potentially harmful content as they see fit. These dual protections have allowed for the innovation and growth of social media companies; however this law is often criticized. Politicians seem to disagree on whether it invites too much content moderation, or not enough.…
Houston Attorney and Legal Author Paul Sternberg Shares Insight on Online Defamation and Website Removal
Paul Sternberg is an attorney and serial entrepreneur in Houston, TX, who has spent years studying and providing helpful advice to clients impacted by online defamation. Below, he gives readers a few insights into what online defamation is and how it should be handled lawfully. Over half of the entire world is online in some form or another, making it…