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Thank you for your list of suggestions. I used some of them to fine-tune my comment policy, especially “holding us harmless” from your comments.

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Jon — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:34:25 +0000

I am looking for some advice on a comments disclaimer that will protect me (blog owner) from accusations of defamation / slander.

Is a disclaimer enough to protect the blog / website owner?

Currently I have:

“Please read the comments disclaimer before posting a comment. Remember that you are responsible for any comments that you make regarding people or businesses.

Webologist is not responsible for the content in comments other than those made by Webologist, or in blogs or other online content that may be linked to.”

Then the “comments disclaimer” (a link) adds:

“Blog Comment Guidelines

We welcome your participation in blog comment threads. In order to keep the experience a positive one for all of our users, we ask that you follow the rules outlined below. By submitting comments to this blog, you are consenting to the following rules:

1. You agree that you are fully responsible for the content that you post. You may not post content that is libelous, defamatory, obscene, abusive, that violates a third party’s right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. Furthermore, you may not post content that degrades others on the basis of gender, race, class, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual preference, disability or other classification. Language intended to intimidate or to incite violence will not be tolerated. In addition, by posting material on the blog comments, you represent that you have the legal right to reproduce, adapt, display, and distribute this material to others. Webolgist will not be held responsible for posted information that may infringe on a third party’s copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights.

2. You understand and agree that moderators may modify the content of your comments. We may monitor user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to remove, edit or otherwise alter content that it deems inappropriate for any reason.

3. You understand and agree that the blog is to be used only for non-commercial purposes. This blog prohibits any actions to solicit funds, promote commercial entities or otherwise engage in commercial activity through the blog comment function.”

I was moderating all comments, but have been advised that moderating comments may actually make it worse for the blogger. The wordpress system of moderating the first may be a good idea, so long as you make sure that first comment is clean as a whistle – link included. Maybe not link in the first comment at all, as a person could redirect a link to a defamatory page without your knowledge, and in a court of law just linking to a page that is defamatory could be bad for you.

Ideally looking for the most water tight system possible to protect myself.

Another question – if a solicitor / your web host wanted the details (email, IP) of a commenter, would you give it over?

By: Justin M

Justin M — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:41:11 +0000

Thanks for the post. I’m using some ideas/content from it to make a rough draft of our comment policy for our product blog. (Hopefully this is ok?)

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