can you sue a website..?

[biscuitboy]

it is not a comment on a messageboard - it is a permanent page on the wesite causing offence to me personally

tell us the site and we can tell you

[Ethel]

How is it causing offence to you?

Is it libellous to you; can you be easily identified as the target and is is affecting your reputation enough to cause loss or suffering?

Or is it generally offensive to a class of people?

[cheries]

Yes, I'm quite interested too...

so what does this mean if you were physically threatened?

[Ethel]

To be able to sue in libel you must:

Be identifiable - your real identity must be known
Prove the statement is untrue
Suffer loss of reputation (for example, accusing Myra Hindley of being cruel to cats will not harm her reputation, but if the same thing were said of a well known cat breeder, it would)

[cheries]

noknowledge, the "hard gay" version is far batter IMHO

[chelle7272]

lol noknowledge, might have to start baking now;)

[Teneref]

share your biscuits with them and they would remove or alter the offensive page.

[happyjo]

Hi

As per the links provided and the fact I have just got myself a juicy 1st on this very subject...

Yes, technically a website or ISP can be sued for a comment made by them and also comments made by a third party.

However, they must satisfy the common law and statute laws governing defamation, as well as the EU directive on E - Commerce.

This is a very topical and contentious area of law and despite the straightforward nature of defamation, the reality is that taking action for Internet libel is hugely expensive and the chances of recovering any damages is negligable.

Bruce Grobelar took an action against the Sun ( or Mirror) newspaper in the 90's and despite winning his case for libel was only awarded �1.

risky business!!

J x

[Teneref]

lol @ noknowledge.