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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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