Those who post defamatory material on the web must be able to prove it is true, as they could face defamation action.

Defamation, in law, is a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that gives an individual, business, or group, a negative image.

Another form of defamation recognised in law is invasion of privacy, i.e. public disclosure of private information that is not of public concern.

And truth is not a defence for invasion of privacy, unlike in other forms of defamation.



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"The person you have defamed need only prove that the defamation occurred and that you were responsible for the defamation.

Therefore, you can’t just say anything you want on the Internet, because what you say may well come back to haunt you.

The law is clear. If what you say tends to lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society that may well be defamatory.

And the person you have defamed does not have to prove that the words are defamatory. You, have to prove they were not."

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