Posted: June 20th, 2017

You are the online editor for the Student Times. You just noticed that an individual using the name “DeepVoice” has posted the following comment on your Web site’s bulletin board, which allows readers to directly post their own comments and opinions:

You are the online editor for the Student Times. You just noticed
that an individual using the name “DeepVoice” has posted the
following comment on your Web site’s bulletin board, which allows
readers to directly post their own comments and opinions:
“Anytown HS principal busted for drunk driving!!!” The post
alleges that the principal was arrested over the weekend and that the
school district’s public relations office is coordinating a massive
cover-up. You have heard absolutely nothing about this until now. If
your only goal is to protect the Student Times from liability, what
should you do right now?
a. Remove the entire post immediately.
b. Don’t touch the post.
c. Delete those parts of the post that you believe are libelous or
otherwise offensive, but leave the rest. In the meantime, put a
reporter on the story to see if she can confirm the charges.
d. Any of the above.