It has always received criticism from some quarters for its irreverent style and for its willingness to print stories that are controversial and allegedly defamatory.

Defendants were accused of libel and conspiracy to libel, for publishing or republishing allegedly defamatory statements on the internet.

Concurrently, the plaintiff brought action under the New Jersey state court alleging that employer was liable for hostile work environment arising from allegedly defamatory statements.

In this case, an individual user was held to have been granted immunity for not just linking to, but actually republishing the allegedly defamatory information.

Canada's Supreme Court has unanimously decided that posting a hyperlink to an allegedly defamatory article does not constitute defamation itself.

On the other hand, it has been pointed out that the defendants in such cases have not been successful in proving the truth of the allegedly defamatory facts.

The plaintiffs sought interlocutory injunction against the defendants, to restrain them from publishing certain allegedly defamatory statements on the Internet against the plaintiffs.

The judge also identified the appropriate standard of liability is whether CompuServe knew or had reason to know of the allegedly defamatory Rumorville statements.

She has a heated rivalry with blogger Dawn Yang, who threatened to sue her for an allegedly defamatory post in June 2008.