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>>>> There are some lies worth refuting because the trolls repeat them
>>>> endlessly, so there is risk that someone will take these lies seriously.
>>>>
>>>> I did not have academic issues. The trolls totally made this one up
>>>>
>>>> I did not refuse to review a FOSS paper. The context of this was me
>>>> being confused for an RA and it had nothing whatsoever to do with FOSS.
>>>> I do in fact peer-review submissions for the International Journal on
>>>> Computer Vision these days.
>>>>
>>>> I am as straight as one can be and not homophobic, either. This is where
>>>> the most vicious libel gets created, totally baseless, totally
>>>> disgusting.
>>>>
>>>> My site was cracked in 2008 due to a phpBB uploader. I was cracked along
>>>> with tens of thousands of other Web sites that month. A vulnerability
>>>> was massively exploited (the software, phpBB, did exactly was it was
>>>> supposed to do, which is to upload files... but the coder of that
>>>> software lacked foresight when it comes to security). I cleaned up the
>>>> site phpB_as soon as it came to my attention_ that it had been silently
>>>> cracked. On that very same day I migrated the account to another server
>>>> and rebuilt the site from backup.
>>>>
>>>> Trolls lie. That's why they are labelled trolls.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is politicians in the USA that carry the bulk of the blame
>>> allowing charities to be misused to fund trolling by not
>>> allowing the invoices for services to be connected to those that
>>> are paying for it by abusing charity status.
>>>
>>> Trolling for and on behalf of companies is illegal in EU
>>> and is considered advertising and advertising is not free speech
>>> as the courts and politicians know too well.
>>>
>>> So how about politicians and tax man demanding a worker name,
>>> company name and invoice for every troll posted
>>> even particularly if the money was siphoned from charities
>>> so that we can put them online and shame and sue the charities and
>>> the companies that fund them?
>>>
>>> What are these so called charities and trolls afraid of?
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>> If this is illegal in EU, then it sure doesn't get enforced.
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>
> Libel enforcement is down to you as laws stand.
> You need to hire a solicitor who will contact the relevant ISP
> with the paperwork and track down the original sponsors
> of the lies. If they were micoshaft / appil and they were
> operating out of the EU, they are liable for hundreds of thousands
> of dollars in damages. Solicitor may advise you before spending
> money on the merits of the case and whether you can win more
> damages and cost than what might have to fork out doing the enforcement.
>
> The publicity alone would allow the trolls and the companies
> involved to cave in I would imagine.
> Just do a press release in PRNewswire.com - about 300 quid, but the
> world will sit up and take notice immediately and those roaches will
> be calling for their pappy Balmer / Steve blow jobs to get them
> air lifted to Amrikkka.
Someone who is fluent in UK law has told me that I can actually sue some of the
libellous trolls here and win easily. Not that I would bother...
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~~ Best of wishes
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