Defamation is the act of attacking the good character of someone or defaming another person’s reputation. This kind of bearing false witness is as old as the human race. Complaints made on Universal Tattletale are not scrutinized in terms of their believability; however defamation is however a crime and people may in fact sue the complainant if they find the information is a lie meant to harm their reputation. The courts have addressed this issue regarding postings and have found that the sites are not responsible for this type of behavior. This however is contingent on our ability to pass the responsibility to the original poster. We also allow the original poster to edit complaints they have made using their password and ID. Problems with postings become even more complicated if the complaints are spidered and placed on other sites and search engines. For this reason we protect the privacy of an individual poster to the extent the law allows, but postings can be traced with vaulted hard copies or ip addresses. Finally, we allow replies to postings for those whom would like to refute the information put forth by the original poster. So Please Post Responsibly!
