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• - Kenneth Zeran brought this action against America Online, Inc. ("AOL"), arguing that AOL unreasonably delayed in removing defamatory messages posted by an unidentified third party, refused to post retractions of those messages, and failed to scr
  
• - Analysis of the case involving the first judicial decision within England and Wales which concerns a defamatory statement made via e-mail through an Internet Usenet discussion group.
  
• - Joe Gutnick--an Australian businessman--sued Dow Jones--the publishers of a magazine, available both on and off-line, that contained an allegedly defamatory article about the plaintiff. It was ruled that an Internet article is published wherever it is rea
  
• - Sidney Blumenthal, a White House Assistant, sued Matt Drudge, publisher of The Drudge Report, and AOL, a business partner, over a statement published in The Drudge Report which alleged that Blumenthal abused his spouse.
  
• - Carib Inn, a Caribbean resort, claims it was defamed when an America Online user reported that her diving instructor was "stoned" during her dive at the resort.
  
• - In 1994 an unknown user of the Prodigy "Money Talk" bulletin board posted a message which accused the plaintiffs of criminal dishonesty. The plaintiff sued Prodigy for libel.