Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Are some miles and points blogs "censoring" or going to "censor" when there is a claimed/peddled/held "fear" of being pursued for statements that a party or some others may claim is "libelous"? Is that so different from FT?
Since tangentially that is aimed at me, I didn't actually need to censor anyone yesterday despite my warning.
However, the UK has the strictest libel laws of any major economy and UK bloggers have no choice but to work around it. Remember there is no 'freedom of speech' defence here.
Until recently, when it was banned, our courts were clogged with foreign claimants suing other foreign publishers for libel, on the grounds that at least 1 copy of the publication had been sold in or posted to the UK. They could not sue in their own courts because their own laws did not hold it defamatory. Overseas publishers stopped selling their titles here or accepting UK subscribers for fear of being sued for an innocuous remark.