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What are the circumstances under which a review of a dental clinic can be removed as illegal due to defamation?

What are the circumstances under which a review of a dental clinic can be removed as illegal due.

In various aspects of life, the number of people using online review sites is increasing. When planning to visit restaurants, beauty salons, hospit...

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Explaining the Causes and Risks of Ignoring 'Japanese Search Suggestion Pollution

Explaining the Causes and Risks of Ignoring 'Japanese Search Suggestion Pollution

When you type keywords into the search boxes of Google or Yahoo! JAPAN, related phrases are predicted and displayed. These are referred to as 'sugg...

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What are the Cases Where Damages for Defamation Become High Due to the Maliciousness of the Offending Act?

What are the Cases Where Damages for Defamation Become High Due to the Maliciousness of the Offe.

When defamation is recognized, the victim is granted the right to claim damages against the perpetrator, with the main focus being on consolation m...

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Explaining the Method of Scrutinizing Negative Articles on the Internet: A Prerequisite for Reputational Damage Control

Explaining the Method of Scrutinizing Negative Articles on the Internet: A Prerequisite for Repu.

When it comes to eradicating web pages related to past corporate scandals, flame wars, arrests, and criminal records, the first prerequisite is to ...

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Is it Acceptable to Reward Reviews for Cosmetic Surgery? Legal Risks Lurking in Site Operation

Is it Acceptable to Reward Reviews for Cosmetic Surgery? Legal Risks Lurking in Site Operation

Beauty review websites often receive numerous reviews and feedback from patients who have undergone cosmetic surgery. Recently, the number of such ...

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Points to Note When Posting Patient Reviews and Before-and-After Comparison Images on Cosmetic Surgery Review Sites

Points to Note When Posting Patient Reviews and Before-and-After Comparison Images on Cosmetic S.

"What kind of treatment do I need to achieve my ideal face?" "I want to know about the experiences of those who have undergone procedures." "I want...

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Can Articles Be Removed from Websites Publishing Arrest Information? No Mercy for Criminals?

Can Articles Be Removed from Websites Publishing Arrest Information? No Mercy for Criminals?

There are websites on the internet that seem to exist for the sole purpose of copying arrest reports from newspapers and other sources and keeping ...

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Explaining Twitter's Terms of Service that YouTubers Should Be Aware Of

Explaining Twitter's Terms of Service that YouTubers Should Be Aware Of

Many YouTubers use social media platforms like Twitter to increase their view counts and channel subscriptions. By tweeting links to their YouTube ...

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What are the Key Points of YouTube's Terms of Service? A Lawyer Explains What to Watch Out for When Posting Entertainment Videos

What are the Key Points of YouTube's Terms of Service? A Lawyer Explains What to Watch Out for W.

When filming and publishing YouTube videos, it's important to not only comply with the law, but also to pay attention to YouTube's terms of service...

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Is 'Impersonation' on Twitter Illegal? A Crime? What Kind of Offense Does It Constitute?

Is 'Impersonation' on Twitter Illegal? A Crime? What Kind of Offense Does It Constitute?

Twitter, a tool that allows people to casually tweet about their interests, is widely used by many. Despite its global popularity, it's a fact that...

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What Should You Be Careful About When Posting 'Monomousu-kei' Videos? A Lawyer Explains Key Points of YouTube's Terms of Service

What Should You Be Careful About When Posting 'Monomousu-kei' Videos? A Lawyer Explains Key Poin.

On YouTube, there is a growing popularity for "opinionated YouTubers" who express their views in a radical manner. When posting such opinionated vi...

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What is Defamation (Insult Crime)? Explanation with Examples from Weekly Magazine Reports

What is Defamation (Insult Crime)? Explanation with Examples from Weekly Magazine Reports

Honor, or the subjective evaluation one has of their own personal worth, is a benefit that should be protected by law. Expressions that are extreme...

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What are the Cases Where Online Defamation Falls Under the Japanese 'Credit Damage Crime' and 'Business Obstruction Crime'?

What are the Cases Where Online Defamation Falls Under the Japanese 'Credit Damage Crime' and 'B.

In order to remove web pages or bulletin board posts that constitute defamation on the Internet, or to identify the poster, it is necessary to clai...

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Addressing Cyberbullying and Similar Issues: Court Cases on Reputational Damage Control When Minors are the Victims

Addressing Cyberbullying and Similar Issues: Court Cases on Reputational Damage Control When Min.

In the realm of online defamation, there has been an increasing number of cases where minors become victims, such as instances where 'bullying' in ...

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When Does Writing in Initials or Censored Words Become an Infringement of Rights?

When Does Writing in Initials or Censored Words Become an Infringement of Rights?

When you want to claim that your rights to honor or privacy have been violated, the first issue to consider is whether the violation was truly targ...

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Can We Identify the Person Who Wrote Negative Reviews on Career Connection (Japanese Career Connection)?

Can We Identify the Person Who Wrote Negative Reviews on Career Connection (Japanese Career Conn.

Cariconne is a job information site that features company reviews and word-of-mouth information. While it's a very useful site for getting a real s...

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