The slander industry: Who profits from destroying reputations online?
26 Apr, 2021 02:42 AM
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Heidi Glosser, the owner of 247Removal.com. Glosser charges US$750 or more per post removal. Photo / The New York Times
Heidi Glosser, the owner of 247Removal.com. Glosser charges US$750 or more per post removal. Photo / The New York Times
New York Times
I wanted to slander someone.
My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for and profiting from the growing ecosystem of websites whose primary purpose is destroying reputations.
So I wrote a nasty post. About myself.
Then we watched as a constellation of sites duplicated my creation. To get slander removed, many people hire a reputation management company. In my case, it was going to cost roughly US$20,000 (NZ$27,721).
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In a big first round win for Indian-American student and Tesla critic Randeep Hothi, a US court has rejected Elon Musk’s argument against him.
Hothi had sued Musk, claiming that the accusation made by the Tesla CEO that he “almost killed” his factory employees is defamatory.
A judge in California state has now rejected Musk’s argument that the suit filed by Hothi was baseless and against his free speech. The judge said Hothi has shown that he can win the lawsuit, according to media reports.
A doctoral candidate in Asian languages and cultures at the University of Michigan, Hothi created the @skabooshka Twitter account where he fact-checked Musk and Tesla’s “published claims regarding the electric vehicle manufacturer’s automation, technology and production processes,” www.courthousenews.com had reported in August last year.