Court rules in Yelp's favor in libel lawsuit Yelp is not responsiblefor negative reviews on its site, a federal appeals court ruled this week, dismissing a lawsuit filed by a locksmith company over a bad review. The court ruled that Yelp was liable for distributing but not creating the content.(San Jose Mercury News)
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Why on earth would they be responsible for the comments made by third parties. At best they are responsible for removing obvious trolling.
State Supreme Court to hear Yelp defamation appeal The California Supreme Court will hear an appeal of ajudge's order to Yelpto remove a review that was deemed defamatory. Yelp framed the case as an Internet free speech issue, but the plaintiff said it's a matter of defamation.(San Francisco Chronicle)