(Credit: Dawn Kuntz/Shutterstock.com) Can You Contract Away Your Right to Leave Bad Google Reviews? Court of Appeals Set to Decide
Ryan and Asia Davis, a disabled army veteran and his wife, were sued by the SD Gunner Fund, a nonprofit that trains and provides service dogs to veterans, first responders and children, when Asia Davis led a review bombing campaign slamming the company on Google after an agreement between the charity and the Davises to provide the family a service dog fell apart.
May 07, 2024 at 03:40 PM
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What You Need to Know
- A disabled army ranger veteran applied to a nonprofit to receive a service dog and participated in a fundraising event.
- However, after the charity refused to reimburse him for a dog he bought, the veteran's wife withdrew the application and review-bombed their Google page.
- The charity now argues the couple violated the terms of the contract, went against their policies and violated a social media nondisparagement clause by leaving bad reviews.
The Georgia Court of Appeals has been asked to decide whether a trial court was right to grant an anti-SLAPP motion to a defendant sued over a review-bombing campaign for breach of a social media nondisparagement clause.
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