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8 Yelp Reviewers Hit With $1.2 Million Defamation Suits

Posted by timothy on from the slapp-on-the-back dept.

New submitter goodboi writes: A Silicon Valley building contractor is suing 8 of its critics over the reviews they posted on Yelp. The negative reviews were filtered out by Yelp's secretive ranking system, but in court documents filed earlier this month, Link Corporation claims that the bad publicity cost over $165,000 in lost business.

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  1. Goodbye free speech by QuesarVII · · Score: 0, Troll

    What ever happened to free speech?

    1. Re:Goodbye free speech by bluefoxlucid · · Score: -1, Troll

      2. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from the consequences of such speech

      That's exactly what it means, you thick titanium plank. It means you can say Obama is a cock-sucking negro ape and the thought police won't come to your house for speaking ill of the president! It means you can say Bush staged 9/11 and not have black helicopters show up to abduct you from work! That's the whole point of freedom: to exempt you from certain consequences of certain actions!

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  2. Re: I'm leaving a bad review on Yelp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Funny, my business has nothing but 5 star reviews displayed, and I've never given yelp one single cent. Sounds like the war cry of the butt hurt to me.