In the wake of a district court in Kentucky rejecting the legal precedents of the federal law that shields Internet service providers from liability in defamation claims, a certain gossip website is getting some unlikely supporters.
Eric Goldman, a contributor in Forbes, explains the situation. A former NFL cheerleader and school teacher is suing TheDirty.com after being victimized by it. The site creator, Hooman Abedi Karamian posted that the teacher had sexually transmitted diseases and had slept with an entire football team.
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