A professor based in China is suing after alleged attacks on him were found on a blog. The professor asked the hosting web site to remove the offending material, but this was refused. He has now decide to sue because of the harm done to his reputation.

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In a landmark case in a Korean Supreme Court, it was ruled that the re-posting or distribution of abusive comments about others over the Internet without confirming the accuracy of the text will constitute slander.

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Bloggers are becoming more aware of liability when podcasting and blogging in Singapore according to Channel News Asia. This awareness has come after 2 bloggers were jailed for racist remarks were found on blogs.

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A Canadian author has had a lawsuit filed against him by Warren Kinsella, the self-proclaimed political Prince of Darkness. In his blog it is allegedly defames Kinsella about his role in a sponsorship scandal.

This suit is first of this nature in Canada

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China have responded to criticism that their internet regulations are too strict by saying its rules are "fully in line" with the rest of the world. China has come under fire in regards to their censorship online in the past.

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Following the anger caused by a Danish newspaper printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. The European Union and The Organisation of the Islamic Conference are lobbying the United Nations to stop defamation of Religion.

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An area that I am starting to take interest in regards to defamation is blogging, in particular the businesses and their customer and employee blogs. Natali T. Del Conte looks at how businesses are dealing with defamatory blogs and power they have on brand name.

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John I.Carney discusses the Wikipedia alleged defaming of John Seigenthaler Sr on their site. The article does not offer any more insight to the case which is now quite old news, unless legal action is eventually taken. However, it does cover the main points for those that have no knowledge of it.

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Marshall Seeder and Peter T. Berk (Sachnoff & Weaver) report on the potential liability of Internet posting and how America's Communications Decency Act has affect Internet communication.

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It has been pointed out in previous posts about the risks as well as the potential blogging has. Anthony Martinez Beven looks at how bloggers are turning their ideas and thoughts into money making online business. However, this is without its legal ramifications with the tightening of communication laws on the Internet.

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Department of Justice's demand for user net data has been argued that it may extend beyond what it is actually being initially gathered for. Michael Geist, looks at the demand for net data and how such data could assist with new defamation lawsuits.

Although this is a US based article, it could easily apply to any other county.

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