But I'm not sure what I'm allowed to say on the internet without getting sued.
In the USA a number of people have been sued for comments they made online.
Reasons for this, experts say, include:
Attorneys can’t sue Internet companies — who have the deep pockets — for what individual users say because of protection from the federal Communications Decency Act.
A blurring between fact and fiction continues unabated on Internet sites.
Many states have no laws to address the endless ways people fabricate information.
Many online postings are never seen in the first place. Unlike permanent comments in newspapers, postings can slide past without being noticed — but whether they ever disappear from databases remains in dispute.
Online postings, depending on how they’re delivered, can have narrow audiences.
Ordinary folks are held to the same legal standards as news reporters and anyone else who makes written statements in public, but few seem to know that — or care.”
It’s almost as if the internet is a mask for many to use as a shield or a way to hide after spewing written words – a way to defy consequences.
As Marketing Maverick Caroline Melberg says, “If you wouldn’t be willing to put your statement on the front page of the New York Times with your name on it, don’t post it online.” In other words, posting online is releasing a statement publicly.