One of the biggest issues the web faces is who is going to regulate slander online? Search engines, blogs and review sites like yelp are all hiding behind the argument that they are simply providing a forum for people to communicate. The problem is, hard core Internet people have turrets syndrome when it comes to speaking their mind on the web. Companies are being ruined with one or two bad reviews. I have seen it happen.

People need to start taking more precaution before going online to make a statement. In many cases, like comments on blogs, rip off report, etc. these things cannot be removed and website operators wont help. It is Rip Off Reports policy not to remove a thing, even if the complainer decides that they were in the wrong. It is there, forever.

Policing online slander will be a near impossible job. It is too easy and takes less than a minute to let people know how you feel online. You can remain anonymous, you can hide behind a false identity. No one can stop you. There is no body of regulation that can stop it. It is going to be up to the public to refrain from publicly humiliating whatever bothers them.