On 9/24/2021 8:04 AM, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:45:03 -0400 Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net> wrote: Hello Chuck,happened to me, but I would not be surprised if in the U.S. eventually Debian will get sued unless it scrubs its website of some of theIn the USA, Section 230 covers this; Debian can't be held liable for comments made by others using their systems.
However, if Debian refuses to remove defamatory comments, perhaps Debian could be held liable if Debian refuses to remove comments at a person's request if the comments truly harm a person's good reputation and, for example, destroys a person's ability to get a job in software development, or anywhere else for that matter. Who would hire me if they read what is now being said about me by Andy Smith, et. al. on Debian's web pages. If Debian wants to be sure to avoid such a lawsuit, I think Debian should remove at least some comments to completely avoid legal liability. I am sure I could find a lawyer in the U.S. to try it if I wanted to. Cheers, Chuck