Tampa Internet Content Removal Lawyers

It Takes Years To Build A Reputation And One Post To Lose It

That’s why it’s essential to issue a demand for retraction and to cease and desist, and to preserve the evidence. First, because your reputation is at risk, we recommend taking immediate action: a demand to the publisher of the defamatory statement to cease and desist, retract in language we approve, and preserve the account. Second, we send a notice to the host or the platform that the content is defamatory. Third, we file a lawsuit against the publisher.

We do not run an SEO shop and we do not sell “reputation management.” We handle the legal side of removal: defamation, nonconsensual images, harassment, and court orders the platform has to honor.

What We Can Take Down

• Google reviews that accuse a practice of fraud.
• Social-media posts and livestream comments.
• Statements to a board or a licensing body.
• Republication of those statements, including copies that still rank in search. In Florida, the clock to sue generally starts when a statement is first published, and leaving the same post online does not restart it. But a new, deliberate decision to post the statement again can be a fresh publication, and every day a copy stays up and ranks, more people can read it. Acting early protects your deadline and limits how far the harm spreads.

What If The Platform Ignores The Notice?

Federal law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230, generally shields websites and platforms from liability for content their users post, and courts have applied that protection even after the platform is told a post is defamatory. Notice still matters. Most platforms will remove content that violates their own terms once they are shown it is false and harmful, and a court order or judgment against the poster gives the platform a concrete reason to act. Our claim for damages runs against the person who wrote the post.

What A Retraction Looks Like

When a retraction is the remedy, we draft the language. A useful retraction names the false statement, withdraws it, and goes to the same audience that saw the original. Section 770.02, Florida Statutes, can affect damages if a full and fair retraction is published as conspicuously as the original.

Because a lawsuit is often reasonably foreseeable once the demand goes out, we also send a preservation notice. Delete the post after you have been told to keep it and a court can treat that as spoliation.

Call Our Tampa Content-Removal Lawyers

Call 813-490-5211 or email us. Send the URL. Do not email the poster.