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		<title>Remove Defamation From Blogger</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have seen a defamatory comment on a Blogger blog, your first instinct may be to contact Blogger and ask for it to be removed. Blogger is just a platform for individuals to write and create content. Under U.S law, neither Blogger or it&#8217;s owner Google are liable for damages as a result of [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have seen a defamatory comment on a Blogger blog, your first instinct may be to contact Blogger and ask for it to be removed.</p>
<p>Blogger is just a platform for individuals to write and create content. Under U.S law, neither Blogger or it&#8217;s owner Google are liable for damages as a result of defamatory comments created by others.</p>
<p>If you want you can <a href="http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=60835">read the official documents here.</a> Section 230(c) of the Communications Act doesn&#8217;t just apply to blogs but also to web search results and any re-publisher who is not the original author.</p>
<p>Here are your options:</p>
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<li>Contact the website owner/author and ask for the comments to be removed.</li>
<li>Take legal action against the site owner/author.</li>
<li>Consider <a href="http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_dmca&amp;product=blogger">filing a DMCA request</a> if someone has violated your copyright (perhaps copied your text or stolen your photo), also consider filing a <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dmca-notice?pli=1&amp;hl=en-GB">separate request for Google web search</a> if the blog is showing up in the search results.</li>
<li>Impersonation is different from defamation and yes, <a href="http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/request.py?contact_type=impersonation">you can ask Blogger to remove a blog set up to impersonate you</a>.</li>
<li>Hateful material &#8220;toward groups based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation/gender identity is not allowed on Blogger&#8221;.  <a href="http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=76312">See this page.</a></li>
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<h2>Other Options</h2>
<p>As most re-publishers (Google, Bing, Blogger etc) are not liable for any losses as a result of third party defamation, they do not accept requests to remove it.</p>
<p>If you cannot find any other way of getting the comments removed (copyright claim, legal threat etc) then consider engaging in &#8220;reputation management&#8221;. This is the process of creating positive content on friendly websites that will appear in search engine result pages.</p>
<p>The idea is to &#8220;crowd out&#8221; or nudge down negative web pages so they are not seen.</p>
<p>Many large companies engage in online reputation management and nowadays it is becoming popular with individuals too.</p>
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