The most important facts at a glance
- Defamation on the internet can be prosecuted criminally and civilly - we offer comprehensive legal support with a high success rate in content deletion.
- Swift action is crucial - our multi-stage strategy includes evidence preservation, deletion, perpetrator investigation, and compensation.
- Professional assessment by specialized criminal defense lawyers
The spread of false factual claims and insults on the internet is a form of Cybercrime, which can take on existential dimensions. As experienced criminal law experts for digital crime, we support you in quickly and effectively removing defamatory content and enforcing your rights. Our many years of expertise in the field of internet criminal law and cybercrime, as well as our high success rate in deleting defamatory content, make us a reliable partner in this difficult situation.
In legal terms, defamation on the internet is generally considered to be any statement made online that harms a person's reputation. This can include false statements of fact that are published to a third party.
Defamation occurs when untrue factual claims or abusive criticism or formal insults are disseminated, which damage the reputation of a person or a company. The legal assessment of such statements always requires careful differentiation between expressions of opinion and factual claims. A factual claim is characterized by the fact that its truthfulness can be objectively verified.
The Criminal Code has various offenses that can be relevant in cases of defamation. In slander, the perpetrator spreads facts about the affected person that cannot be proven true. Libel requires the perpetrator to knowingly spread untrue facts. An insult occurs when the statement directly attacks the honor of the affected person.
Immediate measures in case of defamation
When you discover defamatory content about yourself or your company on the internet, swift and systematic action is crucial. The first and most important step is comprehensive documentation of the content through screenshots that record the date and URL of the discovery. This evidence is indispensable for further legal action. In parallel, you should seek professional legal assistance to evaluate the chances of success for various approaches.
Experience shows that the first hours after the discovery of reputational damage are particularly important to prevent further spread of the content.
Our strategy against online defamation
With our proven multi-stage approach, we achieve the deletion of defamatory content in numerous cases. The first step is always forensically secure evidence preservation, which also holds up in court. In parallel, we examine the legal options and immediately initiate measures to enforce deletion claims.
Forensic IT expertise can enable us to identify even anonymous perpetrators. This is particularly important, as many defamatory statements are spread under pseudonyms or via masked IP addresses. After successful perpetrator identification, we can initiate both criminal and civil proceedings.
In addition to injunctions, civil claims include rights of reply, removal, correction, and, above all, claims for damages. We consistently enforce these in cases of demonstrable economic damage. Additionally, in particularly serious cases, monetary compensation can also be claimed.
Legal Enforcement of Your Claims
The legal enforcement of claims for defamation requires a strategic approach on multiple levels. First, the prerequisites for such claims must be carefully examined. These claims are directed primarily against the perpetrator of the defamation, but can also be asserted against platform operators and hosting providers.
The landmark Federal Court of Justice ruling on the obligation of host providers to delete content has significantly strengthened legal enforcement in this area. Parallel to civil proceedings, we always examine the prospects of success of a criminal complaint. Prosecutorial investigations can provide important insights for civil litigation. Prosecutors regularly refer such cases of insult or defamation to private prosecution, as they do not wish to pursue these offenses themselves. We enforce their criminal claims for you as a private prosecutor, acting as it were as a prosecutor in the private prosecution proceedings.
Frequently asked questions
With our swift approach, we often achieve initial successes in content removal within a few business days.
In the consultation, we will discuss the costs involved transparently.
Through forensic IT expertise, we can succeed in identifying an anonymous perpetrator.
In addition to compensation for concrete economic damages, pain and suffering damages can also be claimed in cases of serious violations of personal rights.
After your call or email, we will have a consultation shortly thereafter and then create a concrete action plan.
The chances of success depend on the evidence and the nature of the defamation, but through our forensic expertise, we achieve successful criminal prosecution in many cases.
Through our swift intervention, we can usually achieve a permanent deletion of the content.
We have extensive experience in combating fake reviews and can take legal action against both the authors and the platform operators.
In international cases, we leverage our expertise across different jurisdictions.
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