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They also libel you after you have been banned because you cannot respond.

Content providers are not subject to the same laws of libel as, for example, newspapers.

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubby,_Inc._v._CompuServe_Inc.

And the subsequent Section 230 of the CDA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communicatio...

When the admins who run the "content providers" are engaging in libel themselves, about the people that use(d) their service, it's a whole different ball game.

In no way was it implied that an ISP or other information transfer network (ie. the post), had to moderate its data transfers.

This is about the specific service that uses the network, not the network.

Admins are for the most part volunteers who do not work for or represent the company.

But you are right, if company employees are saying things specifically about people that would be considered libelous that's a problem.

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