Kent Solicitors

Defamatory comments on the internet are often anonymous, in which case an Internet Service Provider or website can be forced to reveal the identity of users who have posted such comments. There are three conditions that must be met before such an order can be made: a wrong must have been carried out, the order must be needed to enable action to be brought against the wrongdoer, the person against whom the order is sought must be mixed up in the wrongdoing so as to have facilitated it, and be likely to be able to provide the information to enable the ultimate wrongdoer to be sued.

Labels: Libel: Internet