What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Arizona
There seems to be a plethora of online review websites, but how do they protect themselves against liability if a user posts defamatory or libelous information? If I were to start a review website where users could review electricians for example, and a user posted a review about an electrical contractor that irked him because he thought it was false, what would the odds be of the electrical contractor winning a lawsuit against my website for hosting such false information? Would I be responsible for the content of what others post on the website?
There seems to be a plethora of online review websites, but how do they protect themselves against liability if a user posts defamatory or libelous information? If I were to start a review website where users could review electricians for example, and a user posted a review about an electrical contractor that irked him because he thought it was false, what would the odds be of the electrical contractor winning a lawsuit against my website for hosting such false information? Would I be responsible for the content of what others post on the website?