Player thinking they can publicly defame me with a video of me?

dalphy08·3/2/2019, 2:01:52 PM·1 votes·1,945 views

Hi all,

Why do people think they can do this?

Some clearly desperate and scared kid is threatening while laughing at me, to post a public video on Instagram Formspring or whatever kids use now of me and what I was typing in the game. It doesn't matter what I said, no one has the right to publicly defame you (that is actually a serious charge). I was simply requesting my teammates to actually HELP the team & city, and not just chase crippled soldiers the whole game....

Is it so much to ask that the law is ACTUALLY followed?

What are your thoughts?

12 Comments

Eedat3/2/2019, 2:11:27 PM9 votes

It doesn't matter what I said, no one has the right to publicly defame you

Depends on what they said. People have every right to have negative opinions about people and are free to express them. Within limits of course. Without really knowing what they said It's pretty hard to give you an answer. If they just called you a bunch of insults then they have every right to do so. If they started making threats or something then they crossed the line.

However, the act of posting what you said is not defamation at all period. Defamation is maliciously making FALSE statements about you. Quoting you directly is in no way, shape, or form defamation and they have every right to do so unless you were in some sort of non-disclosure contract which I highly doubt you were

BlueThingamajig3/2/2019, 4:50:46 PM5 votes

Defamation requires 3 things:

The statement must be false (A video of things you actually did is not false)
The statement must be malicious
The statement must cause measurable harm (ex. losing out on a job opportunity)

You won't find what you are looking for in libel law. Your charge fails two of the three requirements.

Also consider the Streisand Effect. Are more than 10 people even going to watch that video? I doubt it. Nobody is going to remember your screenname a day later.

rujitra3/2/2019, 3:02:21 PM4 votes

Posting a video of an action that happened in public isn't defamation at all. It would only be defamation if he was lying about what happened in the video. If you don't want yourself recorded and posted doing something, either irl or online, don't do it.

Jennifer4203/2/2019, 5:18:30 PM4 votes

i have no idea who you are or who is posting anything about you

FOR JUSTICE3/2/2019, 4:03:12 PM1 votes

its only defamation if they lied about what was said.

being that 1) you're in a public setting and 2) they have video proof of what was said, its completely legal and isn't defamation at all, and therefore isn't punishable.

besides, this isnt riots problem, you dont want to take it at the source it came from, but rather the medium its posted/shared on.