Sides wrote:Fair enuff having safeguards to prevent legal probs, but a question to the mods - would a simple "I've had work done by X, and I wouldn't recommend them" going too far ???
As a moderator I will have a crack at answering this
First off this is an Australian site and not an overseas site.
As far as I can tell, Facebook, twitter and alot of other social media sites are based in USA - for good reason.
They have different laws and their "freedom of speech" bit
The Samba and Shoptalk are also USA based sites.
Have a read through these multitude of sites - i have had a good go at it
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?source=search_app#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=public+forums+and+defamation+in+Australia&oq=public+forums+and+defamation+in+Australia&gs_l=hp.3...359666.362452.1.362648.13.13.0.0.0.0.300.2572.0j12j0j1.13.0...0.0...1c.1.12.psy-ab.1E5_9uXK9bc&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46340616,d.aGc&fp=d7e2346035105d75&biw=1280&bih=675
As far as I can tell, here in Australia, if you defame some one you can be sued. Maybe not successfully, but dont know if anyone has been through the court system, but I am yet to find some that said "man, that was fun!"
In many cases the claim is bought anonymously by a poster that we have no idea if it is legit or not.
For all you know, they are the ex in a bitter divorce or custody battle
Yes, ACA and other "investigative journalist" (hah!) shows name names.
They have an army of legal people backing them up and they research the hell out of it (hah!) before they go to air.
And they spend their life in court as a result of it.
Until someone can prove otherwise, I for one, will be erring on the side of safety.
Happy to be proved wrong, but not to be told that someone else "thinks" it should be allowed
