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I suppose you already know this, but just in case you didn’t, if defamatory material is found through Google, it doesn’t mean you can sue it. On second read, there’s also this little tidbit that may be of interest to bloggers.
By contrast, the defamation liability risk of selection sites such as The Drudge Report — that is, sites that offer collections of specially culled links to other sites — remains uncertain. Someone who chooses a link may count as having published the material to which the link leads — and may be held to have the state of mind to be held liable for the choice. This argument has been used in the context of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and could be used in the defamation context, as well.
It should be interesting to see how things develop.
*Thanks Maud.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.