UK Law Firm Sets Up Special Team To Hunt Down Anonymous Commente...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 11/05/2009 - 03:38

Stephanie Migot writes in to let us know how UK law firm Wragge & Co has decided to set up a special "cyber tracing" team , whose job it will be to scour the internet for anyone making negative anonymous comments about any of their clients and then take action.

Of course, the law firm says it's really looking for people leaking confidential information (such as disgruntled employees), but, as you probably know, defamation laws in the UK...

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