Internet Defamation and Content Removal

The internet is an ever-evolving public platform. As more information is published online, the potential for content-related issues expands exponentially. As a result, more people and businesses face dire content removal issues.

Whether you are a business or an individual, your online reputation is extremely important. When meeting someone new, one of the first things that people do is Google you. Whether you are applying for college, searching for a new job or simply pursuing online dating, you are likely to be Googled. Likewise, companies are often Googled before customers have any marketplace interaction with that business. Your search results affect your future and maintaining positive search results for your name or business is a reputational necessity.

When negative internet content shows up in your search results, the impact can be devastating. People tend to believe what they read on the Internet, even if it is false or inaccurate. Additionally, negative content has a tendency to spread rapidly. It can be quickly shared across social media platforms, scraped to other websites, and can even go viral. The more content spreads online, the harder and more time consuming it becomes to remove. It is imperative that negative internet content be removed as quickly as possible to mitigate reputational damages.

Internet defamation occurs when someone posts false statements of fact about you on the internet that harm your reputation. Internet defamation can occur in a negative Facebook post, a harmful YouTube video or even a fake and negative Google review about your business. Online defamation can be removed from the internet.

If you are dealing with internet content related issues, it is important to work with an experienced Content Removal attorney who can counsel you in selecting the best removal strategy for your unique situation. Our team of attorneys, cyber-investigators and public relations professionals work quickly and collaboratively to devise strategies to assist clients in tackling difficult and damaging content removal issues.

For more information on how KJK’s content removal attorneys work to remove specific internet content, check out our service pages on popular content issues:

Just because something on the internet is damaging does not mean that it is online defamation. Nevertheless, damaging internet content may be able to be removed through other legal theories or methods.

At KJK, our content removal attorneys have experience tackling a wide variety of internet-related issues and have been able to remove difficult and damaging content from the internet on behalf of our clients. Our attorneys regularly work to remove content from search engines, social media sites, news platforms, blogs, forums, directory sites, shaming sites, pornographic websites and more.