On Wednesday last week, the High Court in Seoul ruled in favour of a man who sued four major Internet portals for failure to delete postings that defamed his character. Essentially the lawsuit emanated from an original posting alleging the man caused his pregnant partner to commit suicide by instigating the breakup of their relationship. The posting was extended across various internet portals attracting thousands of further defamatory comments culminating with his personal details published online. The man was forced to leave his job and move home. The nub of the Seoul ruling asserted that the portals were responsible for placing the postings in prime locations and at the same time allowed the use of their search engines to further propagate defamation. As such, the court ruled that “Internet portals should decide whether...
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