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  Defamation Bill - Clause 5 - Operators of Websites - Defence to Defamation Action if They Did Not Post Statement
  
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  @ MP voted aye against providing website operators with a defence to defamation action if they did not post the statement on the website; subject to circumstances which defeat the defence.
  @ MP voted no to provide website operators with a defence to defamation action if they did not post the statement on the website; subject to circumstances which defeat the defence.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted to provide website operators with a defence to defamation action if they did not post the statement on the website; subject to circumstances which defeat the defence.
  
  MPs were considering the Defamation Bill[1][2]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment: 7, page 3, line 22, leave out clause 5.
  
  Clause 5 of the Bill[3]  titled ''Operators of websites'' and provides a defence to website operators facing a defamation action if they did not post the statement on the website however this defence cannot be used if:
  
  * it was not possible for the claimant to identify the person who posted the statement,
  * the claimant gave the operator a notice of complaint in relation to the statement, and
  * the operator failed to respond to the notice of complaint in accordance with any provision contained in regulations.
  
  Regulations[4] were subsequently made.
   
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/defamation.html Parliament's webpage on the Defamation Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0005/en/13005en.htm Explanatory notes to the Defamation Bill (now an Act)]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0051/cbill_2012-20130051_en_2.htm#pb2-l1g5 Clause 5 of the Defamation Bill as at the time of the vote]
  * [4] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111104620 The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013]
  
  
  
  
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