Defamation and legal routes

When content crosses from unflattering into actionable, and what a legal route actually costs in time, money and attention.

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Defamation and legal routes

Suing an anonymous online poster

Unmasking is a separate legal fight before the actual case begins, and courts protect anonymity by design.

Daniel Osei · 13 March 2026

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Defamation and legal routes

The limitation period for online defamation

Shorter than most people expect, and the clock usually starts at first publication rather than discovery.

Priya Raghunathan · 18 February 2026

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Defamation and legal routes

Cease and desist letters for online defamation

Sometimes the cheapest thing that works. Sometimes the reason a small problem becomes a public one.

Daniel Osei · 22 January 2026

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Defamation and legal routes

How to prove online defamation

What you need to have gathered before you speak to a lawyer, and why most of it degrades within days.

Daniel Osei · 29 December 2025

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Defamation and legal routes

Defamation vs opinion: how courts actually tell them apart

The tests judges apply, and why context can turn the same sentence from protected to actionable.

Daniel Osei · 5 December 2025

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Defamation and legal routes

Is a negative review defamation?

Almost never. The line sits between a false statement of fact and an opinion, and most reviews land firmly on the wrong side of it.

Daniel Osei · 12 November 2025