Can someone be sued for slander if they start a myspace page about you and give false information.?

and if so is there a way for myspace to find out who is doing it?Can someone be sued for slander if they start a myspace page about you and give false information.?
Most definetly. I was reading on the news that two highschoolers started a myspace under their HS teacher name. She found out a month later and sued the parents.....Can someone be sued for slander if they start a myspace page about you and give false information.?
Its defamation if its false and defamitory. It generally must cause you harm and you must prove that others have read it





As far a myspace disclosing information; I would say imposible.
If you could find out who it was, you would have to prove you were damaged by their false information. If you were, for example, fired from your job or refused medical services because of what they posted, you might have a case. It is incredibly tough to prove that you were damaged if you were only personally embarassed by it but it didn't have much of an effect on your day to day life. Also, even if you are able to find who it is, and prove your case, and get a jury to award you a verdict, it would very likely be next to impossible to collect the verdict. I don't think, for the most part, that someone with lots of assets would probably be on myspace wasting their time by creating fake accounts.
there is a possiblity.. talk 2 a lawyer that handles slander.. at this moment i'm trying 2 get a lawyer through the bar association in my county 2 sue the city of detroit, 4 slandering me on the computer.. i did find a lawyers name, just haven't made contact yet..so type in bar association in the seach bar an see what you can come up with..
Freedom of speech, my dear. People can say anything they want about you--and post anything about you they choose. However, if what they post is inaccurate and actually impacts you in some way--like prevents you from getting a job, because your future employer saw the page and didn't hire you--then you might have more of a case to actually sue someone.
I've heard that this is freedom of speech. There was a case not too long ago where some woman made negative comments about an ex boyfriend on a ';';don't date my ex'; website or something like that.





SO, if it really bothers you, only a lawyer can give you that info.
Yes! But before you do....... You better check to see that they can't prove it!
First, it's libel, not slander. Slander is spoken and libel is written. Yes they can be sued if the information is untrue, however if it's stated in anyway as an opinion, then it's Freed on Speech. Also, myspace can of course find out who wrote it.
First you wouldsue the person for libel not slander. Roughly speaking libel is for written defamation and slander is for spoken.





Second you would have to prove that the person defamating you was identifiably libeling you, and you specifically.





And finally you must prove that the libelous comments have negatively effected you in some way. Loss of business or earning opurtunity, reputation in the community, etc.
They should be sued! Besides: MySpace SUCKS!
It would then be libel, not slander.
RIght it would be libel and myspace isn't held to the same standards that say the New York times is. Essentially its as if somebody wrote something nasty about you on a bathroom wall. You'd have to prove the person knew it was false and deliberatley did it to harm you..