The impact of the ranting varies between companies and individuals, and it may even vary between companies depending on the company’s reputation and type. Rants also vary according to their type and method.

However, there is some information and lawsuits that are worth looking into in this section. In this article, we will mention the most important of them.

Forms of Defamation

Defamation describes a false statement of fact about a third party. It can be simple or complex, ranging from negative comments to fake reviews against businesses. Defamation can take many forms. The first is called slander, and it is related to oral defamation. The second form is called libel, which is related to written defamation. Libel is permanent because it might be preserved and distributed.

With power comes responsibility

The law protects people in different ways according to the strength of their influence. For example, a public figure, when filing a lawsuit, must prove the existence of malicious intent to harm him. As for private people, a person who neglects to know the facts can be sued in order to not try to understand things correctly.

How to sue for libel 

In any case, we must not forget that the public person is also a human and that we are all the same person, so to sue both must prove that statement was:

• False.
• Published about you.
• Communicated to a third party.
• Made with the intention of harming and causing damage.
• Not in a privileged category, such as for witnesses.

Agreement on Terms and Conditions

Despite the protection of social media platforms with terms and conditions agreements, this did not stop many people from defaming others out of ignorance and neglect. There are many lawsuits filed due to the defamation of people and companies, although it is difficult to sue the person anyway.

Keith and Nancy Budke

Last July, Keith and Nancy Budke won $370,000 after winning a defamation lawsuit against Nick Olsen. The couple has been selling bees since around 1982 but lost a lot of customers after Nick defamed them on Facebook. Nick Wilson bought 75 beehives from them but killed them on the way due to his inability to handle the bees. Nevertheless, he defamed them, and that cost him a lot.

Sometimes people don’t believe in the power of social media, and they don’t think about the consequences of what they write. The fact that a person is sitting behind a curtain does not make him exempt from defamation suits. Everyone must bear the consequences of what he writes and learn from the mistakes of others; otherwise, the consequences will be dire and intolerable.