[LINK] A legal request to add a disclaimer to an old link posting

[Tom Worthington]

At 16/04/03 02:50, Antony Barry wrote:
>... ANU received a formal complaint ... SESAHS are concerned that when a 
>search is made for SESAHS on public search engines this posting comes up 
>is could mislead people as to their role. ... requested that a disclaimer 
>be inserted ... What do you think? ...

No. Instead I suggest that SESAHS, or someone on their behalf, could post a 
statement putting their position. If done as a reply to the original 
posting, it should show up in the thread of conversation. This would be the 
equivalent of a reply to an article in a newspaper.

I haven't investigated SESAHS's activities and so could not support a 
statement saying it has no connection to child pornography.

The original posting couldn't be seriously taken as a suggestion that 
SESAHS had a connection to child pornography. Anyone in any doubt who 
followed the thread of conversation would understand that.



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